Texas Children’s Maternal Fetal Medicine team saved a baby girl before she was born after her brother’s rash uncovered a dangerous infection in their mother. The team performed lifesaving blood transfusions in the womb, giving the baby a chance to survive the high-risk pregnancy.
“(The mother) was willing to do whatever she had to do for her baby,” said Dr. Jessian Munoz, maternal-fetal medicine and fetal surgery specialist. “She underwent this procedure, which was lifesaving for her baby, who was truly anemic and needed this blood transfusion.”
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