A family is now in a race against time to save their 10-month old baby boy, who is unable to open his mouth. It is quite the mystery, as this is something doctors have never come across, and thus have no apparent idea on how to solve the problem.
The child, who goes by the name Baby Wyatt, is suffering from Lockjaw. However, Wyatt has been suffering from this symptom since the very day he was born, and not a single specialist the Scott family went to was able to figure out what was really going on with their son.
This issue has forced Wyatt's mother to launch a website about her son's problem, hoping someone with knowledge of the symptom might forward and explain to her and husband, Andrew Scott, on what to do. So far, no one has come forward with any assistance that could solve Wyatt's ordeal, but the couple is confident a Good Samaritan will show up soon enough.
"Nobody that we've found has seen anything like this before," Andrew Scott said. "Hopefully, somebody will see it and will have some ideas on how we should go forward."
Since Wyatt was born back in 2013, the family was forced on multiple occasions to call 911 after their son began choking on saliva, due to being unable to open his mouth. At one point, the family had to administer CPR to save Wyatt's life, and another time Wyatt scared them nearly to death after his nosebleed came out of his mouth.
Dr. J. P. Vaccani, Wyatt's doctor, says the child has what is called congenital trismus, a rare disease that is usually caused by an extra band of tissue or fused joint. However, this is of little help because Wyatt's MRI and CT scans come off as normal, so the problem may come from weak muscle in the jaw area.
"It's an unusual situation where he can't open his mouth, and there's no kind of obvious reason for it," Vaccani, a pediatric otolaryngologist at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario said. "Otherwise, he's a healthy boy."
So far, several individuals have sent well wishes to Wyatt via the website WhatsWrongWithWyatt.com, though only one person might have an idea of what is going on. This particular person is a dentist, who saw a child with a similar symptom before. Let us hope he is able to help the Scott family and their son, Wyatt.
