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Article: LIFE WITH A HALF BRAIN.
- Article from:
- Science World
- Article date:
- November 16, 1998
- Author:
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Kacie Caves, 15, of Tulsa, Oklahoma, can't wait to get behind the wheel of a car, For practice, she zooms around her backyard in the family golf cart. She also jets in their motorboat on a nearby lake, and loves to swim, snorkel, and dive. When not on the fast tract, Kacie hits the high notes in her church choir and whips up a family dinner. Her favorite subject in school? "Math, definitely," Kacie answers.
Pretty amazing, considering Kacie has only half a brain.
Two years ago, on November 12, surgeons at Johns Hopkins Children's Center in Baltimore, Maryland, surgically split open Kacie's skull and operated for 12 hours to remove the left side of her ...
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