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26.01.2022 - 07:57 / dailyrecord.co.uk
A Scots mum has spoken of her heartbreak at losing her baby son after he was born with a rare birthmark on his liver.
Rebecca Stevenson and her husband Adam welcomed their son Leo on August 2, 2019 at just 35 weeks, and were devastated when doctors told the couple their baby boy had a hemangioma - more commonly known as a strawberry birthmark - which covered half his liver.
The birthmark was so unusually large it had caused his heart to swell to double its size and doctors warned the couple the tot would not survive to full term.
Strawberry birthmarks are a collection of tangled blood vessels and are harmless when they appear on the skin and even on the liver when they are more commonly small.
However, Leo's was so large it was causing his heart distress as it pumped twice as fast as normal.
The tot underwent MRI, CT and ultrasound scans as baffled doctors at Glasgow's Queen Elizabeth University Hospital tried to figure out a course of action.
Medics in Scotland had never encountered anything like its size before and ultimately decided to transfer Leo to Kings College Hospital in London where a consultant there had seen one similar case and agreed to operate.
Rebecca, 27 from Cumbernauld, told the Daily Record: "I didn't even get the chance to hold Leo after my emergency c-section because he was immediately rushed to the NICU. It was a very difficult and surreal experience.
"Leo was transferred to London via air ambulance and Adam and I followed down on the train. It was very frightening. The surgeons told us the surgery was high risk and he might not make it through."
But brave Leo survived the risky operation and Rebecca and Adam, also 27, were relieved when his consultant came and told them the good news, but warned the
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