A little girl from Northern Ireland who was born with a potentially deadly brain condition that made her head swell like an “alien” has overcome it and is thriving now.
Myah Morgan-Laverty was diagnosed with hydrocephalus—which is caused by an abnormal buildup of cerebrospinal fluid in the ventricles (cavities) deep within the brain—when her mother, Emma, now 40, was 20 weeks pregnant.
Myah as a baby. (SWNS)
If left untreated, the neurological disorder is considered to be fatal.
When Emma and her husband, Andrew, 37,  from Belfast, welcomed Myah into the world in 2018, she had a “massive” amount of fluid around her head—with the circumference increasing by 0.5 cm (0.2 inches) each day….