When Eleanor was a baby, she had an itch, one that was so severe she couldn’t sleep, and no matter how many times she scratched it wouldn’t let up. Doctors told her mother, Claire Brinkley, a cuddle would only make the itching worse, leaving her helpless, she said.
“She learned to scratch herself until she bled, and pick at the wounds and gouge at them because nothing about gave her any relief....
