This was the day we learned that Elenor had external hydrocephalus. The day of her MRI. The day that I felt so selfish because it was horrible for me to be breastfeeding her and not being able to do so from the night before on. Seeing her screaming tiny self so desperately wanting us and having to hold her hand from underneath the table so she couldn't see me.
Besides being very small she was extremely lacking motor skills. She was born with a sacral dimple and a patch of fur on the base of her spine. We weren't sure what it all meant. The findings of the MRI were simple: her spine and chord were intact but she had external hydrocephalus of the subarachnoid spaces.
Later that day we also had hip slides taken to find out if she did in fact have hip dysplasia. She did.
I think that in a lot of ways that day changed a lot.
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