Newington toddler calls on community for support against rare birth defect

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Newington toddler calls on community for support against rare birth defect

Three-year-old Hailey Wetmore was born with a rare birth defect. It’s called cloacal exstrophy and it impacts her excretory functions. “At first, we were told that Hailey may not live,” her mother Kyra Wetmore said. “We were told that Hailey may not walk. She would have this horrible life.” Not even 24 hours after being born, she underwent a major surgery and now she has plans to undergo another one in less than a year. “Hailey is thriving,” Wet…