IOWA CITY, Iowa (KCRG) - A 12-year-old girl from Cedar Rapids will be this week’s Kid Captain for when the Iowa Hawkeyes take on the Wisconsin Badgers.
Lily Sebastian was born prematurely at just over two pounds. She spent almost her whole first year of life at University of Iowa Stead Family Children’s Hospital.
Lily’s mother was informed during her pregnancy that Lily had giant omphalocele, a rare abdominal birth defect.
University of Iowa Health Care Stead Family Children’s Hospital describes this as the abdominal wall failing to form during early pregnancy.
The initial surgery for Lily was performed one day after she was born. After her twin sister was able to go home after a five-week neonatal intensive care unit stay, Lily remained in the hospital for 299 days.
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