Hi everyone,

I just wanted to take a second and let you know about the auction
that I am holding on Ebay to benifit the NODCC (National Organization
of Disorders of the Corpus Callosum) in honor of my six year old God
Daughter Emily who has Complete Agenisis of The Corpus Callosum.

Agenesis of the corpus callosum (ACC) is a birth defect in which the
structure that connects the two hemispheres of the brain (the corpus
callosum) is partially or completely absent. ACC can occur as an
isolated condition or in combination with other cerebral
abnormalities, including Arnold-Chiari malformation, Dandy-Walker
syndrome, Andermann syndrome, schizencephaly (clefts or deep
divisions in brain tissue), and holoprosencephaly (failure of the
forebrain to divide into lobes.) Girls may have a gender-specific
condition called Aicardi's syndrome, which causes severe mental
retardation, seizures, abnormalities in the vertebra of the spine,
and lesions on the retina of the eye. ACC can also be associated with
malformations in other parts of the body, such as midline facial
defects. The effects of the disorder range from subtle or mild to
severe, depending on associated brain abnormalities. Intelligence may
be normal with mild compromise of skills requiring matching of visual
patterns. But children with the most severe brain malformations may
have intellectual retardation, seizures, hydrocephalus, and
spasticity.

If you would like to chec kout my auction please go to:
http://search.ebay.com/_W0QQsassZbobili4everQQhtZ-1 .

Thanks for looking,

Michele