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Baby Born 'Again' After Tumor Operation

Posted Jun 7, 08 7:56 PM CDT in Science & Health 

(Newser) – A Texas baby is faring well after doctors pulled her from the womb, cut off a tumor, and put her back in to be born 4 weeks ago, CBS News reports. Doctors noticed Macie McCartney's tumor 4 months into pregnancy and identified it as fatal—so they pulled out her mom's uterus and operated. "My hands are big and that tumor filled my hand," one surgeon said.

Tumor-free, Macie went back inside for a record 10 more weeks. After a month of recovery, she's going home today with her mother. "We definitely had hope, but at the same time there's those times things don't go your way and God has other plans," her mother said—which is why Macie's middle name is "Hope."

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A C-section is seen in this undated file photo.   (Shutterstock)
Only 3 hospitals in the world specialize in the kind of prenatal surgery that saved a Texas baby's life.   (Shutter Stock)
A routine ultrasound examination on a Texas woman discovered that her baby had a tumor as big as the fetus.   (Shutter Stock)
A baby is held in his father's arms.   (Shutterstock)
Mom touches her baby's hand.   (Index Stock)
A newborn baby is cradled by a doctor.   (Shutterstock)
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