Baby Jay’ce celebrates birthday one year since rare emergency surgery saved his life

On the first birthday of baby Jay ce, his family returned to the hospital he was born in to celebrate not only an anniversary, but the long life ahead of a survivor. While Jay ce is happy and healthy just in time for his birthday, the day of his birth wasn t easy. When Jay ce was still in the womb, Memorial Healthcare System doctors noticed something unusual: a mass in Jay ce s neck was blocking his airflow. He wouldn t be able to breathe once he was born. For a doctor to tell you, you know, get prepared for the worst, I mean, that s all we would hear, said Jay ce s grandmother, Silvia Soriano. It s get prepared for the worst.' Jay ce s mother, Juliana Soriano, was devastated. It was a tough battle from when I first got told my baby wasn t gonna make it, Juliana said. Being 18, it being my first pregnancy. It hit me harder than I don t know what. But doctors at Memorial Regional Hospital got to work. We performed a 3D ultrasound to really be able to in