Faith Hope Walker mother's blog features photos and videos of the child whom doctors predicted would not live more than a few minutes after birth.
Myah, a single mother and student living in Moncton, New Brunswick, writes that when she was 19 weeks pregnant, doctors told her that the child suffered from anencephaly, that she had not developed a large part of her brain. Myah clarifies early in her daughter's online record that children diagnosed with anencephaly are often wrongly described as having no brain. After seeking a second opinion, Myah obtained further ultrasounds and was able to determine that Faith did have some parts of the brain developing, and believes that doctors told her that her baby had no brain based only on general knowledge of anencephaly.
It is apparent that Faith does have a brain, despite what the doctors have said. When Myah asked for painkillers and treatment for any seizures Faith might have, her requests were refused on the grounds that they constituted "futile" care for children with anencephaly.
Anencephaly is considered by most doctors to be grounds for abortion and this is routinely offered to women whose children are found to suffer from the disorder during pregnancy.
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