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Girl under goes Brain
Surgery and half of her Brain is Removed BALTIMORE
(AP) _ A teen-ager, Amber Ramirez, age
15 yrs. had half of her brain removed to
stem the spread of a deadly neurological disease. The surgery was performrd at Johns Hopkins Children's Center. Amber Ramirez was transferred to Mount Washington Pediatrics Hospital in Baltimore where she will begin physical and speech therapy to recover some of the functions she lost when surgeons removed the left half of her brain on July 13. Amber can stand with assistance and walk with a brace on her right leg. She's not yet talking, but is expected to do so soon, her surgeon, Dr. Benjamin Carson, said. ``Our goal for Amber is to have her be able to walk independently and be able to speak normally,'' Carson said Thursday. The 15-year-old girl underwent a nine-hour operation to remove the side of her brain being ravaged by Rasmussen's syndrome, which eats away at brain tissue, causing severe seizures. She will be able to return to her home in Lincoln, Neb., in two or three weeks where she will continue rehabilitation on an outpatient basis, Carson said. |
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