Baby Born With Internal Organs Outside His Body Had A Successful Operation

A baby born with his organs outside his body is recovering after undergoing surgery to repair the rare condition.

Tiny Hayes Davis was delivered with his intestines and other abdominal organs sticking out from the belly button.

All that protected the organs was a thin layer of skin.

Kelly Davis knew about the problem when she gave birth to her baby because it had shown up on her 12-week ultrasound.

And she kept a blog on his progress in the nine months before his operation last Friday in Texas.

 'The surgery went perfectly,' Davis, 29, from Texas, told ABC News.

'Both surgeons were incredibly pleased. We're looking forward to a simpler way of life.'

 The condition, known as omphalocele, is a factor in as many as one in 10,000 births, but it was bigger in Hayes than most.

Although it's been an anxious time for the new mother, she insisted after the successful operation: 'If I could rewrite our story, I wouldn't change a thing about it.'