A two-year-old boy from Oregon was diagnosed with microcephaly when he was only 2 months old. Doctors said he won't be able to walk or even talk, but a miracle happened when her mother saw him walk for the first time just days before he turned two years old.
This miracle baby boy is Dylan, son of Amy Ottaway from Oregon. People Magazine recently featured him because of the amazing development he has been experiencing for someone who has microcephaly. It is a congenital disorder that makes the head of a child small -- hindering the complete development of a child's brain. There is also a possibility of a short life span for children diagnosed with it.
Amy and her husband were heartbroken when the doctors told them that Dylan would never experience walking or talking like a normal person and he would also have seizures every now and then. But Amy stayed positive and decided to research about her son's case.
She realized that there are very few information and inputs about microcephaly and it is only these days that it has been given attention by many because of the ongoing epidemic related to it caused by Zika virus.
The world is currently on alert for this virus that originated in Brazil. Heath Departments of various countries are now warning every woman to as much as possible delay their pregnancy plans because of the danger this virus could bring. Zika virus comes from a mosquito bite that when a pregnant woman was bitten by it, her child could suffer from microcephaly.
But Dylan's case was not from a mosquito bite, rather it was due to a recessive genetic mutation that he acquired from both of his parents. Amy remembers how she felt when the diagnosis came out and thinking that her son would never walk or communicate in this lifetime.
This is why she is grateful and amazed to see such improvements and progress in his son that her faith is being restored, believing that nothing is indeed impossible.
