Girl Born With Heart Beating Outside Chest Defies Odds and Is Now a Thriving 11-Year-Old
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When a little girl’s rib cage and abdominal muscles did not form properly in the utero, doctors feared she may not survive to full term or through birth. However, the now-pre-teen who has her heart developed out of her chest has defied her prognosis.
Now 11, Virsaviya Borun-Goncharova from Florida is thriving, and is quite literally “one in a million.”
The extremely rare condition that Virsaviya suffers from is called Pentalogy of Cantrell. While not chronically painful, the condition is not without risks.
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