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HER FROM PAINFUL SEIZURES THAT
HAVE CRIPPLED HER LIFE.
LANDRA BOOKER HAS THE STORY FROM
HOPKINS.
>> 15-YEAR-OLD AMBER RAMIREZ,
FOR YEARS, HAS LIVED WITH
UNCONTROLLABLE SEIZURES AND THE
UNCERTAINTY OF RASMUSSEN'S
SYNDROME, WHICH HAS BEEN
GRADUALLY EATING AWAY AT HER
BRAIN.
SHE'S NOW UNDERGOING THE RADICAL
SURGERY DURING WHICH DOCTORS
WHICH REMOVE THE LEFT HALF OF
HER BRAIN.
>> THIS IS A DISEASE THAT SEEMS
TO EAT AWAY AT ONE SIDE OF THE
BRAIN AND EVENTUALLY CAUSES
PARALYSIS, CAUSES REHARD DAYS.
>> DOCTORS SAY THE SURGERY IS
AMBER'S BEST HOPE.
>> AND 9-YEAR-OLD JODIE MILLER
IS LIVING PROOF OF THE
POSSIBILITY.
THE RIGHT HALF OF HER BRAIN WAS
REMOVED ALMOST SIX YEARS AGO.
>> I THINK THAT SINCE MY SURGERY
I'VE BEEN GREAT, SO IT'S LIKE
NOTHING REALLY TO WORRY ABOUT
NOW.
>> BUT JODIE STILL REMEMBERS
WHEN SHE HAD A SEIZURE RIGHT
HERE ON THE PLAYGROUND OF HER
DAYCARE CENTER.
AT ONLY YEARS OLD, SHE AND HER
FAMILY WERE FORCED TO FACE
RASMUSSEN'S SYNDROME.
>> OUR WORLD FELL APART
BASICALLY.
>> BUT AS TIME WENT ON, THINGS
GOT STRONGER WITH THERAPY.
HER ATTITUDE, IT CAME BACK, AND
SHE'S JUST BEEN A HAPPY,
GO-LUCKY KID.
>> I THINK THAT IT WAS LIKE KIND
OF SCARY BECAUSE I HAD SEIZURES
AND ALL, AND MY MOM WAS SCARED.
>> THAT'S THE SAME KIND OF FEAR
THAT'S NOW GRIPPING THE MOTHER
OF AMBER RAMIREZ.
>> SHE'S A PRETTY TOUGH KID, SO
I THINK SHE HAD A FEW TEARS BUT