Baby Born With No Skin

The child underwent his first surgery Thursday at Texas Children's Hospital to remove scar tissue from his neck, which had fused his chin to his chest and made it difficult for him to breathe, his mother said.

It should have been one of the happiest moments of Priscilla Maldonado's life but, instead, the 25-year-old mother was terrified. It was New Year's Day and she had just delivered her newborn son, Ja'bari. She said she heard her son's soft cries - and then the hospital room fell silent.

The child underwent his first surgery Thursday at Texas Children's Hospital to remove scar tissue from his neck, which had fused his chin to his chest and made it difficult for him to breathe, his mother said.

It should have been one of the happiest moments of Priscilla Maldonado's life but, instead, the 25-year-old mother was terrified. It was New Year's Day and she had just delivered her newborn son, Ja'bari. She said she heard her son's soft cries - and then the hospital room fell silent.