A Girl IS Recovering from an Epilepsy After Disconnecting Half of Her Brain Laura was operated at 1st-December of 2014, after 12-hour surgery half of her brain was disconnected and her left hemisphere

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A Girl IS Recovering from an Epilepsy After Disconnecting Half of Her Brain Laura was operated at 1st-December of 2014, after 12-hour surgery half of her brain was disconnected and her left hemisphere was switched off. Laura is going to be 15 years old next July. She was a month old when her parents detected an assymmetry in her body: she had three wrinkles in her left leg ans two in her right leg. At five months old her head fell continuously. They chose a Health Care System Pediatrician who made a diagnose of cerebral paralysis and West syndrome, a type of rare epilepsy. Fifteen years later; Laura had defeat science. When she was diagnosed, doctors explained her parents she would not able to speak, run or even read. The reality was she crawled before having one year old and started walking at 1 year and a half. Although medication controlled epilepsy seizures during 8 years, they intensified a few time later. They tried to test another medications without results. Her left brain part was destroying her life. Now Laura is at her home, she is free of epilepsy seizures and more talkative and happy.

Apr 27, 2015 4:45 PM

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A Girl is Recovering from an Epilepsy After Disconnecting Half of Her Brain was disconnected

Laura was operated on at 1st-December 1, of 2014 and after a 12-hour surgery half of her brain was disconnected and her left hemisphere was switched/turned off. Laura is going to be 15 years old next July but she was only a month old when her parents detected an assymmetry in her body: she had three wrinkles on her left leg and only two on her right. leg. At When she was five months old, her head fell continuously which prompted them to have her evaluated by They chose a health care system pediatrician who made a diagnosis of cerebral paralysis and West syndrome, a rare type of rare epilepsy.
Fifteen years later, Laura had defeated science. When she was originally diagnosed, doctors explained to her parents that she would not be able to speak, run or even read. The reality was that she was crawling before she was having one year old and started walking at 1 1/2 years. and a half. Although medication controlled her epileptic seizures during her first 8 years, they began to intensify a short few time later. They tried to test another Other medications were tested without any positive results. Her left brain part was destroying her life.
Now, Laura is at her home and she is free of epileptic seizures and is also more talkative and happier.