{"id":4386,"date":"2023-11-05T15:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-05T14:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=4386"},"modified":"2023-11-05T15:00:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-05T14:00:06","slug":"mom-births-baby-with-huge-life-threatening-tongue-tot-finally-smiles-over-a-year-later","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newzdiscover.com\/?p=4386","title":{"rendered":"Mom Births Baby with Huge Life-Threatening Tongue \u2014 Tot Finally Smiles over a Year Later"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paisley Morrison-Johnson was born with a tongue the size of an adult. The tongue worried doctors, who felt it would suffocate her.<\/p>\n<p>Despite such a daunting start to life, Paisley got the medical help she needed six months after birth and can now live a normal life.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Baby born with adult-sized tongue smiles after life-changing surgery <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gZSsc3j4D8\">https:\/\/t.co\/gZSsc3j4D8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Telegraph (@Telegraph) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Telegraph\/status\/786582577368993792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>During her ultrasound, Madison Kienow, Paisley\u2019s mother, counted her baby girl\u2019s toes, fingers, ears, and eyes. And when she saw her tongue, Madison joked:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOh cute, she likes sticking her tongue out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Madison soon gave birth via Cesarean section, and doctors immediately knew something was wrong. The little girl\u2019s tongue was so large that it completely filled her oral cavity. Doctors quickly hooked up the baby to a ventilator to ensure she could breathe.Madison, who was being stitched up, did not hold her baby when she was born. She remembered the experience:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a really emotional. It\u2019s still emotional. I got to see her, but I was being stitched up, and they just wheeled an omni bed over to me, and there I saw her, you know, just tubes and cords.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surgeons also told Madison that her baby\u2019s tongue was the largest they had ever seen, especially for an infant. Soon, specialists began to learn more about why Paisley had an adult-sized tongue, and they soon found out the cause.<\/p>\n<p>When Paisley turned 16 months, her mother said her daughter had become \u201cone of the most facial expressed babies ever.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>What Happened to the Baby?<br \/>\nDoctors at the hospital in Aberdeen, South Dakota, didn\u2019t know what caused the newborn\u2019s adult-sized tongue, so they flew Paisley to a specialist in Sioux Falls.<\/p>\n<p>There, Madison met a team of specialists who couldn\u2019t determine what conditions were affecting her daughter, and she became discouraged.<\/p>\n<p>However, soon after, doctors diagnosed Paisley with Beckwith-Wiedemann Syndrome. Madison said she was devastated:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI was blaming it on me. What did I do during my pregnancy that was wrong? But it was nothing that I could have prevented. It was just what she was born with. Jesus wanted me to have something a little extra special.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This baby born with an adult-sized tongue can finally smile after surgery <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Toh27XVNf5\">https:\/\/t.co\/Toh27XVNf5<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQZX8SYVsx\">pic.twitter.com\/AQZX8SYVsx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; BuzzFeed (@BuzzFeed) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BuzzFeed\/status\/787654581857681408?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 16, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome is a genetic condition that causes abnormal growth in specific parts of a person\u2019s body. It is a rare genetic condition that affects 1 in 13,700 newborns worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Immediately after Madison learned of her daughter\u2019s condition; she consulted with specialists to see what could be done. Three months later, specialists conducted surgery to reduce the size of her baby\u2019s tongue, with a follow-up surgery to reduce her tongue size further, enabling her to finally close her mouth.<\/p>\n<p>Madison said she would never forget the look of satisfaction on the surgeon\u2019s face when he walked into the recovery room. The surgeon said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWow, that was quite the surgery!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The tongue is a muscular organ that can grow back, meaning Paisley\u2019s tongue could become a larger-than-normal size again. However, specialists noted that the growth disorder generally slows as children age, and most kids grow to have healthy lives.<\/p>\n<p>How Does the Baby Look after the Surgeries?<br \/>\nBefore her surgeries, Madison said her baby\u2019s tongue was constantly sticking out. Paisley would always be chewing her tongue because it took up so much room in her mouth. \u201cIt always looked like she was making silly faces,\u201d Madison added.<\/p>\n<p>After her surgeries, Madison couldn\u2019t believe how beautiful her daughter looked. She was shocked by the immense change and revealed that Paisley smiled for the very first time after recovering from the surgeries.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe couldn\u2019t even make the sounds to say words like \u2018mama\u2019 and \u2018dada\u2019 before because of the size of her tongue, so this feels like a massive achievement.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FTheDoctors%2Fvideos%2F10155922797196771%2F%3Fref%3Dembed_video&#038;show_text=0&#038;width=560\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Madison also said Paisley\u2019s life improved so much since the surgeries, and she no longer had to worry about her baby choking. The little girl could also speak easily and started saying her first words; she began eating adult food, her teeth also began growing, and she took her first steps.<\/p>\n<p>When Paisley turned 16 months, her mother said her daughter had become \u201cone of the most facial expressed babies ever.\u201d Madison added:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cShe is growing up, and she has so much spunk and personality and love. She\u2019s just amazing.\u201dDoctors said Madison\u2019s tot would be monitored every three months until she turned eight when her chances of developing cancerous tumors triggered by the syndrome would drop dramatically.<\/p>\n<p>However, her mother was optimistic that her daughter would grow normally. She said Paisley was a determined girl who had a lot of fight in her.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paisley Morrison-Johnson was born with a tongue the size of an adult. The tongue worried doctors, who felt it would suffocate her. Despite such a daunting start to life, Paisley got the medical help she needed six months after birth and can now live a normal life. 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