Aracelis Ortiz holds up 3-year-old son Adonis, revealing scars from multiple surgeries for a congenital disorder that caused his intestines to protrude through a hole in his abdomen. “He’s really strong,” Ortiz said Tuesday during a news conference at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. “After all his surgeries, he comes out with a smile, and I’m like, ‘How do you come out with a smile? They just chopped you up.’ ” GREGORY CASTILLO | Miami Herald
Aracelis Ortiz holds up 3-year-old son Adonis, revealing scars from multiple surgeries for a congenital disorder that caused his intestines to protrude through a hole in his abdomen. “He’s really strong,” Ortiz said Tuesday during a news conference at Jackson Memorial Hospital in Miami. “After all his surgeries, he comes out with a smile, and I’m like, ‘How do you come out with a smile? They just chopped you up.’ ” GREGORY CASTILLO | Miami Herald
Adonis Ortiz, 3, has never been home for Christmas Day.
The Tampa toddler, who was born with a congenital disorder that caused his intestines to protrude through a hole in his abdomen, has spent each December in a hospital, recovering from surgeries and other medical procedures to treat his condition, known as gastroschisis, and related complications.
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