12 years old and already stands at 7'3" tall
 

future basketballer :pimp

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Brenden's mother, Debbie, says he was born at a normal weight: 7 pounds, 3 ounces and 19.5 inches long. Around the age of 4 months, Brenden's father, Willie, says they began noticing that Brenden was developing faster than other babies. "He had teeth, and his joints started showing a little bit more growth than other kids his size," he says.

"By the time Brenden was in kindergarten, he was the size of the fifth-grade students in school," Debbie says. At 7 years old, Brenden was already 5'4"?and doctors had no idea why.

Dr. Oz brings out a skeleton to compare the size of an average femur bone with the size of Brenden's femur. Besides his bones being much larger, Brenden has other visible signs of growth. "As you can see, Brenden's eyelids are so overgrown they cover half his eyes," Dr. Oz says. "He also had 12 extra teeth, which made his jaw larger."

After eight long years and test after test, doctors finally made a breakthrough. "A bone marrow test revealed that Brenden's excessive growth started in utero when one of his chromosomes broke off, flipped around and reattached," Dr. Oz says. "They say the odds of this happening are billions to one."

Finally, doctors were able to find a solution to Brenden's never-ending growth. "They induced your body into puberty by giving you testosterone," Dr. Oz says. "It was a very smart idea by them." It's worked so far?Brenden says he hasn't grown in the past six months. "You're not just a miracle because of your spirit?you're a miracle because you're alive," Dr. Oz says. "It's similar to flying a plane and the wing breaking off and then reconnecting upside down and you're still being able to stay on flight."

Next thing you know, he'll be able to control magnetic fields

That has to hurt someway somehow...

Poor child...at least they gave him a solution...

play or die!!! :1orglaugh

This is what the future of mankind will look like.... I think someone called it "evolution"....

I really feel for that kid. Thank god they have been able to stop his growth.

Give that kid a basketball.

I can't help but wonder how much larger he could have grown. O_O

poor mom would have breast fed him 24/7 probably

I saw an article yesterday on a dude who's 8' 1".

he should cash in when he gets older nba

wow, I wonder what other health problems/side effects he has because of it.

My daughter is much larger than other kids her age and was diagnosed with NCAH - Non-classical Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia. it's not fun...

When she was in kindergarten she was the same size as most 2nd graders. They made fun of her because she couldn't talk like them.. they just didn't understand she was younger because they were the same size...

He will be the next John Holmes

new niche 'tall porn'

tall guys fucking short girls...

12 extra teeth, wtf....
how many penis' he got?

I don't see how there could not be health problems/side effects both present and future that come along his current size as well as what they are doing to stop his growth. I most certainly would put a basketball in his hands asap!

poor kid

basketball.. come one, if he jumps he could break his bones. I saw a docu on him, he can not walk like we do, he has all kinds of issues and it's sad to see.

wow.....

nice to see they have his growth under control

i wonder if those chinese guys holding the record as the tallest in the world had their chromosomes broke off

Poor kid..

Will he be broke like half of the people that retire from tne NBA? Oh wait, he is white. NM

yeah, but can he shoot free throws?

Interesting,sad read.

dude is a future laker

I think the person who holds the record as tallest in the world was still growing like 6-11 inches per year when he died at like 23, and he was already 8ft 11in or something, crazy.

wow.. that.. not ok...