Eli was born on March 4, in Mobile, Alabama. His parents are Brandi McGlathery and Troy Thompson. Eli isn't a one-in-a-million baby; he's actually one in 197 million. That's because he was born with an extremely rare condition known as complete congenital arhinia: He has no external nose, nasal cavity or olfactory system. His mother told Today that Eli is just one of about 40 people with the condition in the world. Eli is mostly healthy otherwise, and he immediately underwent a tracheotomy to allow him to breathe while feeding, which means his mother and father have to clean around the incision at least twice a day.