Still, although
it offers the chance of prolonged or permanent
remission of the underlying defect, medical and surgical
treatment itself might be highly stressful for the infants
and their mothers, possibly leaving them with long-term
medical and psychosocial sequelae of the chronic
condition (Apley, Barbour, & Westmacott, 1967; Davis,
Brown, Bakeman, & Campbell, 1998).