- A South Weber family traveled to Florida for their newborn’s rare surgery.
- Nash Child had a Stage 4 laryngeal cleft, requiring urgent surgical intervention.
- The surgery was successful; Nash is thriving with community support and family hope.
SOUTH WEBER, Davis County — When Nash Child came into the world in September, what should have been a joyful moment quickly turned into a medical emergency.
Before delivery, Megan Child said she stopped feeling him move. Doctors discovered excess amniotic fluid and performed an emergency cesarean section.
“He was blue and not breathing. He coded right there afterwards,” Colby Child said.
Nash was diagnosed with congenital lobar emphysema, or an overinflated lung…