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Originally Posted by Mutt
aww gee 
will they in time be able to do surgery on his skull to make it more normal looking?
his behaviour has been affected - what about intelligence? will he be of normal or close to normal, able to get a job later in life?
life is brutal - this poor guy got handed a raw deal. but the only thing any of us can do is do the best we can with the cards we are dealt. |
I'm by no means an expert on the subject but I've had some dealing with this, my cousin's sister-in-law had to go through something very similar when she was older. They can make the head look normal by injecting a saline solution where the removed brain material was.
His life will be fairly close to normal if his problem was similar to my cousin?s sister-in-law, in fact he should have a much easier time recovering and adjusting. He?ll most likely have problems with the left side of his body, especially his arm, but since he?s so young he may be able to recover a good majority of its mobility.
My cousin?s sister-in-law has the majority of her function back (she had the surgery when she was in her mid to late teens I believe), except she cannot move her pinky or the ring finger very well and occasionally her arm will be nearly completely unresponsive. Other than that, she does really great, completed college (she majored in political science? poor woman) and got married not to long ago.
The little kid?s life should be as equal if not better than hers? the human body, especially when we?re young, has an absolutely phenomenal ability to recuperate and adapt. It?s amazing we can live nearly completely normal lives with only half a brain.