Mar 31, 2015

Eli was born at South Baldwin Hospital on March 4 without a nose. Besides not having an external nose, he doesn’t have a nasal cavity or olfactory system. Eli has an extremely rare condition known as complete congenital arhinia, said his mother Brandi McGlathery, adding that there are only about 37 cases worldwide like his. The chance of being born with congenital arhinia is one in 197 million, she said.

: Troy Thompson tends to his son, Eli at the NICU at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Ala., on March 19, 2015. Eli was born at South Baldwin Hospital on March 4 without a nose. (AP Photo/AL.com, Sharon Steinmann)

: Eli Thompson is treated at the NICU at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Ala., on March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/AL.com, Sharon Steinmann)

: Eli Thompson is treated at the NICU at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Ala., on March 19, 2015. Eli was born at South Baldwin Hospital on March 4 without a nose. Besides not having an external nose, he doesn’t have a nasal cavity or olfactory system. (AP Photo/AL.com, Sharon Steinmann)

: Brandi McGlathery and Troy Thompson tend to their son Eli at the NICU at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Ala., on March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/AL.com, Sharon Steinmann)

: Brandi McGlathery, right, and her mother Norma Mayzes, tends to McGlathery’s son Eli at the NICU at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Ala., on March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/AL.com, Sharon Steinmann)

: Brandi McGlathery tends to her son Eli at the NICU at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Ala., on March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/AL.com, Sharon Steinmann)

: Norma Mayzes holds her grandson Eli Thompson at the NICU at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Ala., on March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/AL.com, Sharon Steinmann)

: Brandi McGlathery tends to her son Timothy Eli Thompson at the NICU at USA Children’s and Women’ss Hospital in Mobile, Ala., on March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/AL.com, Sharon Steinmann)

: Brandi McGlathery tends to her son Eli at the NICU at USA Children’s and Women’s Hospital in Mobile, Ala., on March 19, 2015. (AP Photo/AL.com, Sharon Steinmann)

Born without a nose

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