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For any copyright, please send me a message. A baby born with a swollen head has defied doctors by continuing to live - despite undergoing surgery 10 hours after being born. Baby Lorenzo developed severe hydrocephalus while in the womb, meaning fluid built up inside his head and caused part of his brain to rupture. Lorenzo's condition has left him with brain damage and doctors further discovered the that Lorenzo had been born without an anus. He underwent a colostomy within 10 hours of birth, reports the ExaminerLive. His parents, Fernando Pontone and Nichaela Lewis, from Liversedge, West Yorkshire, were offered the option to terminate the pregnancy at 20 weeks following a scan. Nichaela, 28, said: "The doctor said there was a good chance he could be still-born or be blind, deaf, have seizures constantly or not move. Fernando said: "To me it sounded like the first thing they said to do was terminate. "We talked about it for a couple of days. There was a lot of crying." The couple, who have five children at home aged 10 months to 12, eventually took the decision not to terminate. "In the end, we just didn't think it was fair," said Fernando. "He was half way to being born. He had arms and legs and a face. We couldn't kill him. "We just didn't think it could happen to us. The other five kids were all not complicated." Later, an MRI scan confirmed Lorenzo had severe hydrocephalus and revealed a cyst in the middle of his brain that could have caused further damage. A C-section was scheduled at Leeds General Infirmary and on Wednesday January 8 Lorenzo arrived into the world. Fernando said: "They took him out and rushed him straight to this little table, as it took a good few minutes to get him round. "It felt like an eternity until we heard him cry and the tears of joy started." Just over a week later he went through four hours of brain surgery, which Fernando described as, "the worst day of my life". "We just walked and walked around Leeds," he said. "We got a coffee, couldn't drink them. "Then we ran back wen we got the call to say he was OK." The couple have spent the weeks since Lorenzo's birth taking it in turns to stay at a hospital-provided flat next to the LGI, while the other parent looks after their other five children at home in Liversedge. "When I'm at home I want to be at the hospital and when I'm at the hospital I want to be at home," said Nichaela. Fernando agreed: "Life is horrible at the moment to be fair. It doesn't feel like we're a family right now. "We are just taking it day by day but it is difficult." It is the moments when Lorenzo shows glimmers of joy that keep the couple going though. Nichaela said: "He likes his face stroking and sometimes he smiles. "Those m
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