Originally posted by mahayana
Babolaypo- That is what happened to my brother as well. He was put in an oxygen tent after he was born and inadvertently deprived of oxygen for a few minutes. It caused brain damage that wasn't noticed until he was 5 years old, when he was unable to learn to write letters like the other children.

He has an IQ over 120, but still writes like a small child. He is 56.
I've seen a few other situations like this, interestingly, during the 50s and the 60s the oxygen tent itsel caused some additional problems, sadly. A number of children who were placed in them developed severe hearing loss (apparently the tents were quite noisy inside) and vision impairments (too MUCH oxygen).

They seem to have figured that part out now, but anoxia at birth can be a pretty devastating thing.

PS to the others, sorry to hijack this thread!