Beautiful Eli Thompson was born on March 4th in an Alabama hospital- without a
nose. Immediately he was born, Eli began breathing through his mouth. Eli's
mother, Brandi McGlathery, said she knew immediately her child was born that
something wasn't right.
"I pulled back and said, 'Something's wrong! And the doctor said, 'No,
he's perfectly fine.' Then I shouted, 'He doesn't have a nose!'" She told
Al.com
Now, she says he's perfect the way he is. According to her, Eli was born with
a rare condition known as complete congenital arhinia. The condition affects
fewer than 40 other people around the world, according to the University of
South Alabama Children's & Women's Hospital ...
According to what his mother said, Eli will have to grow past puberty before
his nasal passageways could be rebuilt surgically. Until then, she said, she wants
to spare him any unnecessary facial surgeries. "We think he's perfect the way
he is," she said. "Until the day he wants to have a nose, we don't want to
touch him. We have to take it day by day."
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