Sunday, September 23, 2012

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=endscreen&v=2MKNsI5CWoU&NR=1
I found this video while on youtube tonight. It is very interesting. It is about a little girl who had the right side of her brain removed.  She had a rare disorder that caused misfiring in the right hemisphere of her brain. This lead to severe and constant seizures. The  parents claimed that her quality of life was so horrible that the benefits outweighed the risks in this surgery. I find this to be a truly amazing example of plasticity. As we know, our right brain controls the left side of our bodies. She awoke completely paralyzed on her left side and WALKED out of the hospital four weeks later. I'd love to see what you guys think about her amazing story.

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