(CNN) -- Haleigh Jacobs and her husband, David, have spent the last two months in the hospital, hovering over their 8-pound newborn, Brantley. He has yet to spend a day outside the incubator, smell fresh air or go home to meet his siblings. Brantley's right leg juts out like a reddish brown lump of flesh that is thicker than his torso. His toes, indistinguishable from each other, look like dimples. The leg is studded with damaged blood vessels, veins and capillaries that look like raisins. Another lump protrudes from his abdomen. "It is frustrating," his mother said. "For one, being a parent, you feel helpless, and then, you've got a baby that's hurting."
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Brantley was born with 25% of his birth weight coming from a malformed leg
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Young parents are usually the people who have to deal with rare diseases
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In cases like these, parents often feel frustrated and helpless
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