Our boy’s post mortem confirmed severe ventriculomegaly, and a narrow acqueduct in the midbrain, and 'neuronal heterotopias in one dentate nucleus in the cerebellum' which we were told meant that certain brain neurons had not moved to the right part of the brain as they should have done by that stage, another sign that his brain was not well.
Our geneticist ordered a test of the L1CAM gene, mutations of which could explain our babies’ symptoms. There was a condition, x-linked hydrocephalus, which could explain both babies’ symptoms. This was a genetic condition which is passed by the mother and affects only boys. However, this gene turned out to be fine. We were told that that was it, there was nothing else they could do. There was one more chromosome test they were going to run, but they didn’t hold out much hope. All they could say was try again and hope that it didn’t happen again. By this time we were both totally put off ‘trying’. Yes, let’s conceive a baby we’re going to have to consider killing – wow, what a turn on.
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