<< There were far fewer of the  spongy cavities than are
 normally seen with this condition. >>
barbara reports this result with a baby with hydrocephalus; i, too, had a
patient whose baby had a very rare genetic disorder, and early on he was
found to have such a condition. a later scan showed it had completely
resolved. the doctors were very impressed. at just over a year, he was found
to be frankly aspirating everything - which had been a problem until he began
solid foods. when in the hospital after discovering this (you can see how
hard it is to be helpful long distance, i was under the impression that a
swallow study had been done long before), a specialist came to see the mother
and baby. after seeing him she turned to the mother and said incredulously
"has he always been this healthy?"

he had never had an illness. and of course, it is probably for the best that
they didn't do a study before, because he was fully breastfed all that time,
and now gets HM only through his g tube, and has only limited nursing times.

carol brussel IBCLC
another true believer in the the importance of human milk

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