All parents are always delighted to see their beloved children smiling. However, in this story, the baby’s smiling face turned out to be a symptom of a serious genetic disorder.
When Vanessa gave birth to her third child, she noticed that little Emmy’s face constantly had a grin on it, even while sleeping. Also, the little girl’s little fingers were kind of crooked and she didn’t look like the older kids. Vanessa thought it might be some kind of abnormality, but doctors didn’t find any abnormalities in the baby and they were discharged from the hospital.
The woman stopped thinking there was something wrong with her baby and enjoyed motherhood. However, a cardiologist soon discovered the baby girl had heart murmurs and diagnosed her with Williams syndrome. This is a hereditary rare disease that leads to mental retardation in the child. Such children have well-developed speech, they are good-natured, friendly, trusting, gravitate towards socializing, and love music.
All babies with this pathology are distinguished by the “elf face”. They have a wide forehead, full lips, large mouth, pointed chin, flat nose bridge, near the eyelids are formed swellings.
Older children develop sparse and long teeth. As patients grow older, their facial features change somewhat. In addition to external symptoms, all patients have defects in the cardiovascular system. Emmy has had two cardiac arrests and has had two surgeries.
Since Emmy has weak muscles, it is hard for her to sit at a desk and do drawing or writing. Vanessa is worried about her daughter’s future, how she will be able to go to school and adapt in society.