Paisley, a newborn baby, was born with an unusual abnormality that made it nearly difficult for her to ever smile since her tongue was more than double the size of her mouth.
When she was born stunned physicians recalled seeing her tongue for the first time and later described it as the largest they had ever encountered in a newborn.
Later on, it was determined that she had Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome, an overgrowth condition that affects one in every 11,000 babies born globally.
Beckwith Wiedemann Syndrome is a rare ailment that baby Paisley was born with.
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After a week of her birth, the baby needed a breathing equipment to keep her from choking to death.
She also had to be fed via a gastronomy tube until she was six-months old.
Sadly, this didn’t happen. Madison Kienow, 21, and Shannon Morrison-Johnson, 23, had first thought that their child’s mouth would expand to fit her enormous tongue.
The Aberdeen, South Dakota, family was then forced to decide whether or not to let the physicians operate on their daughter.
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The initial procedure, however, was unsuccessful since the tongue finally regurgitated after a portion of it was removed.
After more than six inches of muscle were taken from Paisley’s organ during her second tongue reduction procedure, the 16-month-old’s parents are now optimistic that the procedure will be successful.