Can not imagine how people live without a brain, since this organ is the coordinating center of all life. Miraculously a kid in Colorado who was born without a brain can survive even though she died 3 years.
Nicolas Coke Pueblo origin is touted as a medical miracle that I was born just have a brain stem or brain stem only. Without any other part of the brain, usually infants who have abnormalities like anencephaly will die shortly after birth.
Miraculously Nickolas can last up to 3 years, before dying of a viral infection recently. Her condition deteriorated so quickly that 3 times for help with CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) could not save his life.
Although he passed away, lived a short Nickolas considered a miracle in the medical world. When a child is born without a brain, the doctors gave up and expect the boy will only be able to survive a few hours.
"I think the love and affection given by everyone making it more powerful and had extended his life," said Sheena Coke, mother koaa Nickolas as quoted on Friday (02/10/2012).
Sheena tells Nickolas throughout his life never depends on any medical aid. The kid is just getting the standard treatment of the Sangre de Cristo Hospice and reportedly rarely encounter serious health problems.
Anencephaly is a disorder in the development of the nervous system that makes the baby does not have the most or nearly all parts of the brain were normal. It is estimated, the condition is experienced by 1 in 10,000 although the exact number is not known because often babies with these abnormalities had died in the womb.
Source: health.detik
