Baby Angelito was born in Chimbote, in the western Peru. He has a very rare disorder called Patau syndrome, which happens once in every 10,000 to 15,000 births.
Baby Angelito (little angel) was born with two tubes growing out of the side of his face instead of a that is his nostrils felt like they were growing on the surface. The boy's parents, Lorena Rodriguez Zavaleta, 20, and the father, who has not been named but is aged 25, are constantly at their son's bedside.The baby was transferred from his home in Nuevo Chimbote to the Hospital del Nino some 300 miles away in the capital Lima where he will need to undergo an operation to treat his malformation and give him a normal nose.
The hospital's neonatal care boss Carlos Arrestegui Ramos said: "He doesn’t have difficulty breathing now, but he will need plastic surgery.
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