| | Children's Neurobiological Solutions Foundation: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | When her mother's labor commenced, Karuna's umbilical cord tore open due to a velamentous insertion of the cord, in which the cord enters into the placenta at an angle and the umbilical veins and arteries go through the membranes exposed. |
 | | Karuna had a G tube placed at 7 months, and now receives about 60% of her nutrition through her feeding tube, but is able to eat small amounts of purees, and is beginning to work on liquids and firmer textures. |
 | | Karuna's best hope for living independently is stem cell research such as the kind supported by CNS, research that could help restore the brain function that was lost during her birth. |
| www.cnsfoundation.org /site/TR?px=1002036&pg=personal&fr_id=1000 (771 words) |