Overview
- Surgeons led by Dr. Enrico Ciardini performed a roughly two-and-a-half-hour operation to excise a sacrococcygeal teratoma at the base of the spine.
- The mass weighed about 2 kilograms, and the infant’s weight fell from roughly 4,300 grams before surgery to about 1,500 grams immediately after.
- NICU chief Dr. Marco Moroni reports steady improvement, with the surgical wound healing and the baby gaining weight after arrival in serious condition with a concurrent infection.
- The baby reached Italy with her family on the night of Sept. 29–30 via a government-backed transfer facilitated by CROSS and the Florence Prefecture.
- Meyer has housed and supported the family through its reception network, social services, and language mediators provided by Fondazione Meyer, as clinicians note the tumor’s rarity of roughly 1 in 40–50,000 births.