Doctors Panic When Newborn’s Skin Begins to Crack Seconds After Emergency C-section

Doctors Panic When Newborn’s Skin Begins to Crack Seconds After Emergency C-section
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One particular day in September 2017, Jennie Wilklow, of Highland, New York, underwent a C-section at 34 weeks to deliver her daughter, Anna. However, the arrival of Anna changed her life forever, because her precious little girl, whose ultrasounds showed no signs of birth defect, was born with a rare condition called harlequin ichthyosis.

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