A SURGICAL MARVEL
1 Nov 22, 9.50am: A team of 50 doctors, midwives and nurses assembles in theatre. Vanellope is born by caesarian section. Initially her body is placed inside a protective sterile plastic bag. She is given a breathing tube, and lines into her umbilical cord feed her fluids and medication 2 10.40am: Inch-wide hole in her chest is widened slightly, with a plastic ring holding it open. Plastic cover is stitched over her chest 3 Nov 27: The heart naturally sinks into the chest and surgeons remove the plastic ring. By Dec 1, the heart is fully inside the chest. The hole with Gore-Tex membrane to stop skin growing on to the heart 4 Slits are cut in her skin from armpit down towards the hip on both sides to allow surgeons to stretch her chest skin over the hole and stitch it up