BABY BORN WITH THE BIGGEST TONGUE. #see photo

Finally, the baby born with a massive tongue the
size of an adult man has finally been given hope
of survival.
A baby who nearly choked to death because of
the size of her huge tongue can now breath a
sigh of relief after doctors successfully reduced
the size of her tongue.
The baby was born with an adult-sized tongue
due to a rare genetic condition, Dailymail reports.
Paisley Morrison-Johnson had such a large
tongue that she needed help breathing for the
first week of her life to stop her from choking to
death. She was born with Beckwith Wiedemann
syndrome (BWS) – a rare overgrowth disorder
affecting around one in every 14,000 births
worldwide
The report further revealed that the rare
condition caused her tongue to grow more than
twice the size of her mouth, which meant she
struggled to feed.
So Paisley, from Aberdeen in South Dakota, had
to be fed through a tube in her stomach until she
was six month’s old.
Parents Madison Kienow, 21, and Shannon
Morrison-Johnson, 23, agreed to surgery to slice
parts of it away. But her tongue continued to
grow back and still hung out of her mouth.
Six months ago, Paisley had her second tongue
reduction and has smiled for the first time after
having a total of more than six inches of muscle
removed.
Paisley, who is 16 months old, is now
enunciating the sounds that will allow her to
speak her first words.
‘Her tongue filled up her whole mouth, it was
very thick and protruding out of her mouth,’ said
Ms Kienow, a medical student. Her parents are
so delighted with the latest development.
Doctors believe Paisley will do well as they
continue to monitor her after surgery
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