Meet the Toddler with Half a Brain katie Verdecchia Was Born a Healthy Baby Girl but when She Was Just a Month Old She Began to Have Seizures and She Soon Had About 50 Attacks a Day doctors Diagnosed Her with a Rare Condition Called Aicardi syndrome it Means the Right and Left Sides of the Brain Don’t Connect her Parents Maryalicia and Brian Were Told She Might Not Live to Be Eight years old but Medics Said There Was a Risky Solution Performing a Hemispherectomy or Removing Half of the Brain you Do What You Have to Do for Your Child It’s Hard Making That Decision to Have Surgery but for Us There Really Wasn’t Any Choice Maryalicia Told Today Show Host Ann Curry katie Two Underwent Eight Hours of Surgery Last November at Mattel Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles since then She Has Had No More Seizures doctors Don’t Know if Katie Will Be Able to Talk Because the Left Brain Usually Controls Language Function we Try Not to Put Expectations on Her Maryalicia Verdecchia Said we Try to Just Enjoy Her <p> pictured Katie Verdecchia with a Rare Condition Called Aicardi syndrome <p> <b>ref Spl244468 310111 <b><br> picture By Nbc Splash News <p><p> <b>splash News and Pictures<b><br> los Angeles 310 821 2666<br> new York 212 619 2666<br> london 870 934 2666<br> photodesksplashnewscom<br> <p> <p><br> splash News and Picture Agency Does Not Claim Any Copyright or License in the Attached Material Any Downloading Fees Charged by Splash Are for Splash’s Services Only and Do Not nor Are They Intended To Convey to the User Any Copyright or License in the Material by Publishing This Material the User Expressly Agrees to Indemnify and to Hold Splash Harmless from Any Claims Demands or Causes of Action Arising out of or Connected in Any Way with User’s Publication of the Material <p>
