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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>I will have to read again
what Barb wrote -- in general, the brain is almost completely gone and they live
with just a brainstem. When you transilluminate the head of a baby with
hydranencephaly, the entire head glows because there is only cerebral spinal
fluid (csf) in their little heads. Some children have patches of brain
matter, not connected to anything necessarily. I'm sure that's what Barb
is referring to. If they have any notable brain matter (other than the
brain stem), then their diagnosis is something other than
hydranencephaly.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>A child who is born
anencephalic (no brain) does not have a chance for survival beyond a few
hours. Very sad indeed. They also are born with deformed heads as
there was never a brain to hold the skull out. In Hydranencephaly, there
was a brain at some point and then there was a vascular accident of some sort
(stroke) and the brain dissolved into CSF.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>I will bring your comments
to the attention of our fearless leader -- I did not make up the little slogan,
another mom did. I am just using it because it says there is more to
consciousness than a complete brain.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Jeanene<BR>A child born with Hydranencephaly is one of Life's Little
Miracles.<BR>They live, laugh, and love -- all without a brain.<BR><A
href="http://www.hydranencephaly.com">www.hydranencephaly.com</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=388152121-25052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
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<DIV><SPAN class=388152121-25052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2>After seeing that comment about hydranenencephaly so many times, I
decided to follow your link to the website about it.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=388152121-25052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>What
it says there does not support the comment in your signature -- that they do
what they do without a brain. What it says is that what they are able or
unable to do depends on the amount of damage and where in the brain the damage
is. A child with no brain at all is unlikely to survive
birth.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=388152121-25052006><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>That
said, I'm curious to know why you put that comment on your
signature.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>Thank you most kindly,
gentle sir. I know more today than I did yesterday. It must be a
good day.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Comic Sans MS" color=#000080 size=2>And for the record, I WAS
asking for your comments. I read every one you write. Sometimes I
groan and ignore them, sometimes I smile, knowing I agree, but not letting you
know it, and sometimes I comment. So there!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV>Jeanene<BR>A child born with Hydranencephaly is one of Life's Little
Miracles.<BR>They live, laugh, and love -- all without a brain.<BR><A
href="http://www.hydranencephaly.com">www.hydranencephaly.com</A> </DIV>
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