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Baby Fae, the 25 year anniversary of a ground breaking procedure

October 26, 2009 by Baby Chums  
Filed under Baby Health, News

It’s a special day for Dr. Leonard Bailey, 66, who gained international fame in 1984 after transplanting a baboon’s heart into an infant girl. Twenty-five years ago today, the eyes of the world were on a baby girl who needed a heart, Baby Fae.
Stephanie “Fae” Beauclair died less than a month after receiving a baboon [...]

Two-Month-Old Astounds Doctors By Breathing On Her Own

April 9, 2009 by tanya  
Filed under Baby Health, News

Two month old Kaylee Wallace has stunned Canadian doctors by miraculously surviving against all odds.
The baby girl, who suffers from the rare condition Joubert Syndrome, continued to breath after being taken off life support.
Joubert Syndrome is a brain malformation which makes breathing difficult and reduces motor functions.
Kaylee had been scheduled for a heart transplant to [...]