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Paediatric surgeon Hugh Grant said helping Ethan had been “very fulfilling” and “very rewarding”.
Mr Suglo said: “It was amazing to see what has happened… each and every day we see much progress about his state of health.
“Ethan is happy, playing, chatting, eating, drinking, so life is back for him. It was a great relief. We cannot express the joy.
THE BOY WITH HIS FATHER
“I just have ‘wow, to say, I have peace of mind, everything is moving on smoothly in the family.'”
Mr Suglo noted he expected Ethan to be kept at the hospital for a few more weeks before they return to Ghana, where his mother Bless is patiently waiting.
Mr and Mrs Williams, from Stretton-on-Fosse, Warwickshire, met Charles at the radio station where he works while visiting their daughter Laura who was doing voluntary work.
He asked them to look at his son, who he said had “a swollen tummy”.
“I thought I would be examining a normal African child with malnutrition,” Mr Williams voiced.
“But it was clear he had a major abdominal defect.”
What is exomphalos?
Exomphalos happens when a child’s abdomen does not develop fully in the womb.
During pregnancy the intestine forms inside the umbilical cord and then usually moves inside the abdomen after about ten weeks.
In Exomphalos the intestines and sometimes other organs, such as the liver, remain inside the umbilical cord but outside the abdomen.
There is no known cause of this rare deformity and about half of all babies with the condition will have problems affecting other organs, particularly the heart, lungs and kidneys.
Surgery is essential and takes place in either one go or over several weeks, depending on its severity.
