Recently, a 6-year-old girl with a rare neurological disease underwent a 10-hour surgery in California where half of her brain was amputated in hopes of curing her condition.
Brianna Bodley underwent a surgery called. Hemispherectomy Officials said the drug was administered on September 28 to treat a rare disease called Rasmussen’s encephalitis. GoFundMe page created by her motherCrystal Bodley.
The surgery was performed by Dr. Aaron Robison. Loma Linda University Medical Center Located in Loma Linda, California. “Just disconnect,” Robison told ABC 7. [the brain] It is enough to stop the disease completely and may be essentially curative. ”
According to her GoFundMe page, Brianna was diagnosed with epilepsy in August 2022 after suffering nighttime seizures and spending five days in the hospital.
