Tuesday, July 12, 2011

NPR: A prenatal surgery for spina bifida comes of age

Intro to the story at NPR:When she was 19 weeks pregnant, Sarah White went for a routine ultrasound and got a shock."I could tell that something was wrong because the ultrasound tech got real quiet," White says.White's male fetus had spina bifida — a hole in his lower back that exposed the vulnerable spinal cord."When they said, 'Your baby has spina bifida,' I knew it wasn't good," says Joe