Kaci's Surgery: A Short Story
Kaci was only 10 years old when she started to have seizures. Kaci having almost 100 seizure a day. It all started when her head was hurting her mom and dad were worried so they took to her to the hospital. After a while the doctors seen her they said there is a way to stop the seizure. The mom and dad were so happy they asked the doctors what they could do they said they can take out half her brain. Kaci mom and dad did not want her to do. They did not want her to do it because there was a chance that she could not make it. Kaci wanted the surgery because it would stop her seizures. Kaci mom and dad had to let her because it was what she wanted it what was going to make her happy her mom and dad wanted her to be happy. The surgery would make her become half paralyzed.
The doctors said there could be complications during the surgery. Kaci wanted it because after treatment she could live a normal life. Kaci would be able to drive and cook like she always wanted to. When she was having seizure she could …show more content…
not do nothing that she wanted. Kaci wanted to drive and cook and have kids and go out with her friends. Kaci had epilepsy that is what you have seizure that is why she wanted to have the surgery.
To her doctors amazement, Kacie came out of surgery speaking.
But while she understood every thing said to her, she couldn't communicate a thought. At one point, Kacie's doctors removed a very small section of the frontal brain where they thought the seizures originated. For Kacie, it started with a pounding headache when she was 10. Scientists still don't know for sure what causes Rasmussen's encephalitis. Kacie said after the operation she fells better than before the operation. The operation has left her right hand practically useless, and she walks with a slight limp. To her doctors' amazement, Kacie came out of surgery speaking. The cerebrum, the largest part of the brain, is divided into two hemispheres, right and left. Each half controls the opposite side of the body. "That night, Kacie went into a seizure. She was walking around the room, snapping and grabbing things out of the air that weren't there." Her parents immediately rushed Kacie to the
hospital.
The doctors said there could be complications during the surgery. Kaci wanted it because after treatment she could live a normal life. Kaci would be able to drive and cook like she always wanted to. When she was having seizure she could …show more content…
not do nothing that she wanted. Kaci wanted to drive and cook and have kids and go out with her friends. Kaci had epilepsy that is what you have seizure that is why she wanted to have the surgery.
To her doctors amazement, Kacie came out of surgery speaking.
But while she understood every thing said to her, she couldn't communicate a thought. At one point, Kacie's doctors removed a very small section of the frontal brain where they thought the seizures originated. For Kacie, it started with a pounding headache when she was 10. Scientists still don't know for sure what causes Rasmussen's encephalitis. Kacie said after the operation she fells better than before the operation. The operation has left her right hand practically useless, and she walks with a slight limp. To her doctors' amazement, Kacie came out of surgery speaking. The cerebrum, the largest part of the brain, is divided into two hemispheres, right and left. Each half controls the opposite side of the body. "That night, Kacie went into a seizure. She was walking around the room, snapping and grabbing things out of the air that weren't there." Her parents immediately rushed Kacie to the
hospital.