The bizarre medical mystery of a 12-year old girl who literally is stuck as a 9-month old baby:
For 12 years the family has changed her nappies, rocked her to sleep and taken turns to give her cuddles. On school days, she is carried gently into a yellow bus and taken to a special school for handicapped children. Her condition has no name and doctors are unaware of any other child in her situation.
(via kottke.org)
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“She hasn’t changed in 12 years,” Mr Greenberg [her father], 48, told The Sunday Telegraph. He does not see his beloved daughter as an object of pity. ‘Why is it sad?’” he asks.
I saw this story on Dateline a few yers back and thought it was very very, very sad.
On life you play the hand you are dealt, and more power to him for putting a positive spin on a sad situation. He has to get up every morning and deal with it. BUt I think perpetual infancy is tragic for all. Especially when the infant is desperately ill.
Brooke is not in very good health, according to a 2005 story by WBAL news.
“In height, weight, she’s 6 to 12 months,” [physician lawrence Pakula] said. “If you ask any physician who knows nothing about her, the response is that she is maybe a
handicapped 2-year-old.”
Her body may not be aging, but Brooke’s health is deteriorating. She is fed through a tube, and she’s had strokes, seizures, ulcers, severe respiratory problems and a tumor the size of a lemon.
The four times Brooke has come dangerously close to death, she bounced back and no one knows why.”
Is this the disease Paris Hilton has?
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