Mathilde came into the world with chubby cheeks and a full head of auburn hair. But she was a very sick baby, and was immediately transferred on January 19, 2013 to the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at the Montreal Children鈥檚 Hospital of the 缅北强奸 Health Centre (MCH-MUHC). By the time she arrived, she was sicker than initially expected; Mathilde鈥檚 small head was of particular concern to doctors. She underwent neurological tests, and sadly, they came back abnormal: her brain hadn鈥檛 developed properly and her brain white matter (or myelin) was found to be atypical.