NEC

stork&mondrian asked:
What is necrotising enterocolitis?

Necrotising enterocolitis (NEC) is a serious illness in which tissues in the intestine (gut) become inflamed and start to die. This can lead to a perforation (hole) developing which allows the contents of the intestine to leak into the abdomen (tummy). This can cause a very dangerous infection.

Born at 30weeks EGA Marissa devoloped NEC immediatly after birth.
As a result of this she had two bowel resections. After the second one more than 95% of her small intestine/large intestine, bowel and colon had been removed.