Miracle-Baby Survives A Surgery Where His Skull Was Ripped Open And Rejoined By Surgeons

Miracles happen every day, and what would you say about a baby born with a rare defect who made a miraculous recovery after surgeons were forced to break open her skull and piece it back together like a jigsaw?

Laurie Jones was born with craniosynostosis, a condition which causes the skull plates to fuse together in the womb, according to the Daily Mail. The defect caused the baby to have a twisted head, with one side bulging.

That aside, the condition threatened to create fatal pressure on her developing brain.

The operation, which lasted for 9 hours, saw his brain broken, and then pieced back together like a jigsaw.

The mother, Mrs Roberts, 38, “Laurie really is our jigsaw baby.

“The front of her skull was taken off, broken into pieces and then put back together.

“She was cut from ear to ear across the top of her head - it was really difficult to see.

“She had a full head-bandage and her eyes were swollen - she was very poorly.

'We were told at any time it could put pressure on her brain.

“One doctor was concerned there was not enough room for her brain to grow and it could have ended with us losing her.”

Craniosynostosis is a rare condition affecting affects one in 2,500 babies. It causes babies to develop an irregularly shaped skull. 

It caused Laurie's head to grow abnormally, and meant she didn't have an eyebrow on one side.

After the live-saving surgery at Birmingham Children's Hospital, she is just like a normal two-year-old, but she may need further surgery on her eye in later life.

Continuing, Mrs Roberts said:

“Laurie is incredibly bright and mischievous as you'd expect a two-year-old to be, but it has been really hard.

“We always said if it was just for cosmetic reasons we wouldn't put ourselves through that, but if her condition compromised her future we'd have to go ahead.

“It's been really stressful on all of us, really.

“It will take two years for her head to completely enclose and be like a normal child's, so we will have to be careful with her.'

 Doctors said Laurie will continue to have checks on her head for the next ten years.