Girl Born with Half a Brain


	Girl Born with Half a Brain

CrazyRedHead

5-19-2007 6:49 AM

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health, science, kids, children, brain

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5-19-2007 11:22 AM

arifsali

Good clip, CrazyRedHead

5-20-2007 9:55 PM

cpltaiji

Amazing! I hope she does well!

5-24-2007 1:14 PM

jussyRider

Yeah I hope we can hear more about her later.

5-24-2007 1:36 PM

Kirkseffect

I thought all women had only a half a brain.

10-31-2007 1:42 PM

asexton

My child was born with the exact same condition,she is 5 yrs. old and doing great. My prayers are with you.

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As this incredible medical scan shows, she was born with only half a brain. While one side is perfectly normal the left side is a black void. 
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Her condition is so rare that there are only a few known cases worldwide</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=455855&in_page_id=1774">
The amazing discovery was made after Chase was sent for an MRI scan amid concerns over her health.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=455855&in_page_id=1774">
She had lost the movement down her right side and it was suspected that she had suffered some sort of stroke or bleed on the brain.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/health/healthmain.html?in_article_id=455855&in_page_id=1774">
"One side was just empty - there was nothing filling the space. The shock and horror I felt 
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Chase was born a healthy 8lb 1oz after an uneventful pregnancy. But Miss Jepson, a 21-year-old chef, first suspected something was wrong with her daughter at the age of seven months. 
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She was sleeping more than normal, her right arm was almost immobile and her right hand was constantly clenched into a fist. 
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