...there were hydrocephalic babies. Except not all were still babies. Some were much older. One, whom I got to know well, was my age: 16.
It was not uncommon for kids in my small town of Cambridge, MN, to work part-time at the Cambridge State School and Hospital. The town had 3000 people, CSSH had about as many, about half of them severely or profoundly disabled. Many of these had severe birth anomalies, hydrcephaly, microcephaly, severe chromosomal abnormalities. These patients, often abandoned by their families, wound up at places like CSSH.
I worked at CSSH in food service throughout high school, and later, on vacations from college, as a psychiatric aide. If you are squeamish, please go on to another diary.