Rare surgery saves Holbrook infant's life
Dr. Vinci Jones, who heads the pediatric surgery program at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, solved the mystery of 7-week-old Dominic Belluscio's swollen, hardened abdomen, diagnosing him with a life-threatening infection that he treated surgically and with antibiotics. Part of the treatment was removing the infant's appendix, an extremely rare procedure in a patient so young. News 12 video (March 20, 2013) (March 20, 2013 8:18 PM)
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For Linda and Joseph Belluscio of Holbrook, it will be a tale told at their son's future birthday parties.
For Dr. Vinci Jones, a surgeon at Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip, it may be a case for a medical journal.
Soon after Dominic was born on Jan. 21, he had trouble feeding and his stomach was distended, which doctors attributed to gas.
But by Feb. 25, his...
