Baby Dubbed Pinocchio After Being Born With Brain In His Nose
Meet a real-life Pinocchio who was born with a rare condition causing his brain grew into his nose in Maesteg, Wales, UK. Ollie Trezise was born with a soft tissue on his nose, which is appeared to be his own brain that had grown through a crack in his skull. Ollie Trezise has a rare defect called encephalocele The defect is known as encephalocele that is characterized by sac-like protrusions of the brainthrough openings in the foetus’ skull. The defect is extremely rare with just 1.7 in every 10,000 births in the UK His 22-year-old mother Amy Poole said: “When they gave me Ollie to hold, I was so surprised that I almost couldn’t speak. He was so tiny, but there was this enormous golf-ball sized lump on his nose. At first I wasn’t sure how I would cope. But I knew that I would love him no matter what he looked like.” Ollie with his sister Annabelle When Ollie was almost two years old he had to under...