Comments on: The girl who won’t grow up http://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/girl-who-wont-grow-up.html Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:46:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: NoAcuteDistresshttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/girl-who-wont-grow-up.html#comment-67601 NoAcuteDistress Tue, 03 Oct 2006 15:56:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/the-girl-who-wont-grow-up.html#comment-67601 Is this the disease Paris Hilton has? Is this the disease Paris Hilton has?

]]> By: SarahWhttp://www.kevinmd.com/blog/2006/10/girl-who-wont-grow-up.html#comment-67589 SarahW Tue, 03 Oct 2006 00:02:00 +0000 http://clients.emmense.com/kevinmd/2006/10/the-girl-who-wont-grow-up.html#comment-67589 "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.<br/><br/>I saw this story on Dateline a few yers back and thought it was very very, very sad. <br/><br/> 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.<br/><br/>Brooke is not in very good health, according to a 2005 story by WBAL news.<br/><i>"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<br/> handicapped 2-year-old."<br/><br/> 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.<br/><br/> The four times Brooke has come dangerously close to death, she bounced back and no one knows why."</i> “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.”

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