1.   Hikari Oe was born with a herniated brain that was irreversibly damaged in surgery after his birth.

2.   Hikari Oe was born with a herniated brain.

3.   Hikari entered the world with a herniated brain, and doctors urged Oe and his wife to let the baby die.

4.   It is a wrenching novel about the father of a child born with a herniated brain.