Parents of a baby born with 80 per cent birthmarks decided to keep the child despite the suggestion of hospital to give up the baby boy.
The couple from Yerevan, Armenia received the suggestion from the hospital that they could leave their baby behind at the hospital. The hospital said that they could do so if they feel they cannot take care of the newborn baby boy.
The baby born with 80 per cent birthmarks, Artyom Aristakesyan is at risk of having skin cancer. However, his parents, Mariam Petrosyan and Taron Aristakesyan were firm with their decision. They wanted to go home with their newborn baby.
The baby born with 80 per cent birthmarks
Baby Artyom has nevus birthmarks. These birthmarks are like "oval patches of raised, dark-colored skin."
According to the baby's parents, they only learned about Artyom's condition when he was born. They said in an interview with The Sun, "We only found out about Artyom's nevus birthmarks when he was born. I was completely shocked."
The birthmarks of the little boy expose him to the high risk of having skin cancer. The parents were also warned that there is no assurance as to how long the baby would live.
According to reports, although nevus birthmarks can be removed, baby Artyom's condition is rare since he was born with 80 per cent birthmarks. The young boy even has nevus birthmarks on his brain. These cause occasional seizures.
The baby also has spina bifida
Aside from the nevus birthmarks, doctors also discovered that the baby also had spina bifida. The baby boy had to undergo a ninety-minute surgery.
His mom, Mariam, shared, "It was all such a blur. They took him away for a ninety-minute surgery to correct his spine and it took five days of recovery before we could properly see him again."
Baby comes home
When the parents learned about their baby's condition, they were also given an option by the hospital - to leave baby Artyom at the hospital.
Mariam shared that when the doctors talked to them, their little boy has not opened his eyes yet. The mom said, "They also said they didn't know how long he'd live for and that if we wanted to, we could refuse to bring him home because taking care of him would be too hard - we didn't listen."
When he got home, his siblings had been very protective of their youngest brother. At first, Artyom's brothers asked why he "had chocolate dabbed on his face."
However, upon learning their brother's condition, they started to be protective.
