'I bought him Superman stuff because I knew he was a miracle,' said Moore, who typically wears a matching shirt. Memphis' parents now dress their little son in Superman gear - even down to shoes adorned with little red capes - because he is their little miracle. He recommended artificial insemination using Moore's sperm and a month later they were celebrating Heather's pregnancy.
The couple soon married, and decided to try for a baby.Īfter so many medical procedures, Moore had wanted to do it naturally, but after several months without success they visited a fertility doctor in early 2013. 'She accepted me for who I was, and not for what was wrong with me,' said Moore ‘She continues to this day to assure me that there's nothing wrong.’ ‘She accepted me for who I was, and not for what was wrong with me,’ said Moore. Then in 2011, Moore met his current wife, Heather, now 25. ‘That was a major contribution to her leaving as well.’ ‘She (his first wife) couldn't even deal with the sight of what it looked like after Dr. He first marriage broke down not long after the surgery. It was only the second time Lee had ever performed the surgery.Įven then Moore’s troubles weren’t immediately solved. The doctor was able to successfully reconstruct Moore’s penis using tissue from his thigh. Moore had already undergone three failed attempts at reconstruction surgery, but after speaking with Dr Lee, he decided to give it another go. Lee after his uncle saw a news story about the surgeon’s work.
Superhero: Memphis' parents like to dress their son in Superman gear - even down to shoes adorned with little red capes - because his birth was a miracle for them Gordon Lee, specializes in reconstructive plastic surgery at Stanford Medical Center, and successfully operated on Moore in 2007. The family recently travelled 2,200 miles from their home in rural Mississippi to Palo Alto, California, to proudly introduce young Memphis to the surgeon who had done so much to change Moore’s life for the better.ĭr. 4, 2013, we had Memphis, and I love that little boy with all my heart,’ he said. It wasn't going to happen, not to me,’ Moore told SF Gate. ‘The one thing I wanted most in this world was a family, and I didn't think it was going to happen - to have kids, to have a wife who loves me for who I am.
Mike Moore, 30, from Mississippi and his wife become the proud parents of young Memphis six months ago.įor Moore, who had spent years fighting depression and witnessed his first marriage collapse as a consequence, the birth of his first child was something that for a long time he didn’t think would ever happen. Mike Moore, 30, from Mississippi spent years fighting depression after he suffered a botched circumcision operation as a small boyĪ man who suffered a botched circumcision operation when he was a small boy has achieved medical history by becoming the first person to conceive a child with a reconstructed penis.
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