Lillian Grace's story: The case for removing half of a baby's brain

A beautiful girl named Lillian Grace was born   in December of 2011. Little did this little angel know that she was facing a condition called Polymicrogyria. It’s a developmental malformation of the brain marked by an excessive number of small folds in the tissue. It can cause neurological problems, epileptic seizures, developmental delays, vision loss and muscle weakness or paralysis. So at 8 months old, her parents took Lillian to a pediatric neurologist for MRI scans of her head. The parents’ fears were confirmed when they saw the results. Depending on the severity of the condition, it can be treated with medication or surgery, that’s what the doctor told the parents. They had to find out the cause of it. In August 2013, Lillian Grace underwent the 8-hour procedure at the hands of Dr. Daniel Curry, a pediatric neurosurgeon, and his team at Texas Children’s Hospital. Lillian Grace recovered in the neurosurgery and inpatient rehab wings for several weeks following surgery, and each day, seemed to show signs of improvement. From some peripheral vision loss and weakness on the left side of her body, Lillian Grace’s family has seen only improvements since undergoing the radical procedure. What I think about this story is the family is really blessed because there were little chances Lillian was going to survive but it was either surgery or letting her pass away from the several seizures she was having. That baby went through so much but yet is living a normal life thanks to god. In my opinion in cases like this you just have to pray and leave everything to God because he knows what his doing.