October - 2018 2/2

Distant Wetness

I write at the instant the rain stops and splits into some parts dry, some parts wet enough to catch the reflection of this morning’s...

I was born on Tuesday, May 27, 1975 at 6:38pm in a hospital in PG County, Maryland . When I was less than two hours old, I was...

Cassiel was born five months ago with spina bifida L4-T2 and hydrocephalus. He has the shunt surgery and back surgery and everything went...

My daughter Ar'Kia is 6 years old she was diagnosed with Spina Bifida when I was about 5 months pregnant with her. She had her spine...

Hi my name is Jane colfer. I am 24 years old. I live in the south east of Ireland in county Waterford. I was born with Myelomeningocele...

Hey everyone my name is Stephanie Stabile! I am from Debary Florida . I was diagnosed with Chiari Malformation after a car accident in...

I always start my story with " I went asleep as LeaAnn and woke up a total stranger." On September 2014 Labor day, I suffered a bleeding...

Hydrocephalus: The pressure test ICP (Intracranial Pressure) Monitoring, something I’ve heard about before, seen other Hydro warriors go...

Betty Mekdeci is the Executive Director at Birth Defect Research for Children. Her website is http://www.birthdefects.org/about-us/. On...