Precious moments with our baby boy
Yorkshire Post | January 26, 2012
Watching your baby die from an incurable condition must be the worst thing for any parent. Catherine Scott spoke to one mother who has done just that.
Lucas Hannigan was a perfect baby. Unlike his big brother James he was an easy going baby who slept well. He passed all his newborn health checks and soon his parents Jenny and Steve were able to take their new baby home to Bingley.
But at his eight-week check the GP was puzzled – Lucas was thriving but he was very weak – he called it Hypotonia – and also noticed that his Moro (or startle reflex) was absent, although it had been their when he was born.
The GP wasn’t overly worried but he wanted them to see a paediatrician as he had never seen this before.
The family was referred to a neuromuscular specialist at the Leeds General Infirmary (LGI) .Eventually after a DNA test, Lucus was diagnosed with Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), but by then the family had already pretty much diagnosed the condition themselves.
“The hospital wouldn’t tell us anything, so I put Lucas’s symptoms into the internet and almost immediately came across the Jennifer’s Trust website and couldn’t believe what I was reading.
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