When Texas woman Margaret Boemer went for her 16 week ultrasound pregnancy check-up, she was told that her baby had a rare condition and would require surgery if she were to survive.
While other doctors at different hospitals recommended termination of the pregnancy, Dr Oluyinka Olutoye, pediatric surgeon and co-director of Texas Children's Fetal Center and Dr Darrell Cass, explained the surgery option, having performed other procedures seven years ago.
At 23 weeks pregnant, Ms Boemer had her baby surgically removed from her womb and the tumor taken out.
The baby was then returned to her mother's womb and Boemer remained on bed rest for 12 weeks, before delivering her baby via C-section at week 36, a full term.
"LynLee didn't have much of a chance you have a 50/50 chance of making it and the tumor was so big. I was coming for regular checkups and by the time at 23 weeks the tumor was shutting her heart down and causing her to go into cardiac failure," MS Boemer said.
"It'll be exciting to see how she grows up and what she does."
"So it was a choice of allowing the tumor to take over her body or giving her a chance at life and so that's what we chose was to give her a chance."
Upon birth, LynLee, was wisked away and examined by the doctors at the hospital.
She was deemed healthy and was placed in the nursery with the other newborns.
At eight days old, the baby had another minor surgery to remove the bits of tumor that could not be reached earlier.
"She had more surgery and they were able to remove the rest of the tumor and kind of reconstruct how things looked and moved her muscles around and everything to fill in where the tumor was," Ms Boemer said.
LynLee was seen with her parents nursing and being weighed on the pediatrics scale at the hospital.
"How exciting it is that she's made it through and not only made it through but done so well," Ms Boemer said.
"It'll be exciting to see how she grows up and what she does."
Lynlee recovered wonderfully in the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) and was able to go home just weeks after her surgery.
The family, from Lewisville, Texas, is now enjoying life at home as a family of five and they come to Texas Children's for check-ups as Lynlee grows, the Texas Children's Hospital said in a statement.
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