A Bonafide Unicorn

I’m the middle child of my family, raised as an only child when both of my brothers died as infants. My older brother, Matthew, had a disease of the membrane of the lungs, so he couldn’t breathe. He was also hydrocephalic, and if you don’t know what that is, it’s a build-up of fluid on the brain that causes the head to expand to incredible size. He languished on a respirator in the hospital for six months before dying. My younger brother, James Barrett, died after only a few hours. All three of us were born premature, but James had no kidneys. Not underdeveloped kidneys… no kidneys at all. Back in the day, they called this Potter’s Syndrome. Now, it’s called Bilateral Renal Agenesis. But, without an official diagnosis from the hospital, this is all speculation on my part. <a href="https://medium.com/@tchickphoto/a-bonafide-unicorn-500831d71ca2">Click Here</a>