Lacey Buchanan was devastated when doctors said her unborn son, Christian, would have congenital birth defects and might not survive.
But despite these dire warnings, she felt deep inside that her baby would be OK.
At the time, Buchanan was a 22-year-old studying to be a lawyer amid navigating her first pregnancy. And as she balanced her chaotic life circumstances, the prognosis worsened.
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“As the pregnancy progressed and Christian got bigger … doctors began saying, ‘This is much more serious than we thought. We don’t really know what’s wrong,’” Buchanan said on a recent episode of “Politely Rude With Abby Johnson.”
She continued, “They said, ‘He’s probably not compatible with life. He probably won’t survive birth.’”
Listen to Buchanan tell Christian’s harrowing story to Abby Johnson:
But Buchanan welcomed Christian into the world in February 2011.
“He came out screaming. It was just a beautiful moment,” she said. “He had surgery at 4 days old to put a feeding tube in.”
While doctors were wrong that Christian wouldn’t survive birth and might not be compatible with life, the circumstances were anything but easy. He was born with Tessier Cleft Lip and Palate, a severe condition with pervasive clefts that can profoundly impact a person’s facial…
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