By all accounts, Christina Santhouse has an operational life.
At 28, she is married, owns her own home, attained a master’s degree and works a fulfilling job as a speech pathologist.
You would never suspect that on Feb. 13, 1996, she had half of her brain removed as a child. And 20 years after her surgery, she is thriving.
When Santhouse was 7 years old, she was diagnosed with Rasmussen’s encephalitis, an inflammation of one hemispheres of the brain. The condition is life threatening and causes frequent seizures.
By the time Santhouse was 8 years old, she was sometimes having up to 150 seizures a day, according to ABC News. In lieu of chemotherapy or steroid treatments, Santhouse had a 14-hour hemispherectomy, a procedure in which the right side of the brain was surgically removed.
She lost most of her motor skills on the left side of her body, but it didn’t deter her from fulfilling her dreams.
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