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A 12 year old girl who does not age.
Again, I have no link but I have a video. Video of Brooke
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05-23-2005, 04:30 PM | #2 |
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Wow, that is freaking unbelievable. The parents say the child will outlive them both but I don't see how. At least they get to save money on clothes...
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05-23-2005, 04:38 PM | #4 |
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I call bullshit.
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05-23-2005, 04:45 PM | #5 |
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is this from The Onion?
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05-23-2005, 04:54 PM | #6 |
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Call me when she's legal.
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05-23-2005, 05:02 PM | #8 |
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I think it's absolutely crazy that NO ONE has any clue what this is about. I mean, Johns Hopkins is in that state? None of those 'experts' know anything? Maybe her parents don't want to dole out the cash? So they put her on TV, hoping that someone will notice?
That's crazy.
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05-23-2005, 05:27 PM | #9 |
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saw something in the paper the other day about the same thing with a baby gorilla here in boston. or at least a similar thing. weird...very weird.
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05-23-2005, 05:30 PM | #10 |
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Syndrome Remains Undiagnosed
http://www.local6.com/health/4485525/detail.html BALTIMORE -- Imagine being frozen in time as a baby forever. It sounds impossible, but it describes Brooke Greenberg. The Baltimore-area girl may look like a baby, but she's nearly a teenager. In most respects, Brooke looks and acts like your average 6-month-old baby -- she weighs 13 pounds and she is 27 inches long. But Brooke is actually 12 years old, reported WBAL-TV in Baltimore. Brooke doesn't age. Her syndrome remains undiagnosed and unnamed, and as far as doctors can tell, she is the only one in the world who has it. Dr. Laurence Pakula has been Brooke's pediatrician since she was born. "In height, weight, she's 6 to 12 months," Pakula said. "If you ask any physician who knows nothing about her, the response is that she is maybe a handicapped 2-year-old." Her body may not be aging, but Brooke's health is deteriorating. She is fed through a tube, and she's had strokes, seizures, ulcers, severe respiratory problems and a tumor the size of a lemon. The four times Brooke has come dangerously close to death, she bounced back and no one knows why. Pakula points out that the girl has a strong sense of self and of sibling rivalry. Brooke has no language skills, but she does have enough motor skills to pull herself up in her crib or scoot across the kitchen floor. Pakula said Brooke has thrived because of the support of her parents and three sisters. "When one sees how much she has accomplished, it's a wonderful reminder that even for someone who's limited, it's a wonderful world out there," Pakula said. As genetic research expands, scientists might be able to learn the secrets of this little girl. But until then, it is Brooke who is doing the teaching.
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05-23-2005, 05:32 PM | #11 |
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The actual condition doesn't shock me so much as the fact that she's been able to survive with it for 12 years. It's probably not as uncommon as you would gather from the articles, it's just that usually they die much sooner.
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05-24-2005, 10:46 AM | #13 |
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I thought bullshit too, but I guess it is for real. Considering that my daughter is about a month older than her I just thank God that she was born fine and healthy.
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05-24-2005, 12:16 PM | #15 |
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Wow.
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05-24-2005, 12:36 PM | #16 |
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Really what I'd like to see is a 21 year old girl that does not age.
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05-24-2005, 12:37 PM | #17 |
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Curious story...but in the internet age, is there really meaningful news out there that exists only on somebody's "Local6.com" web site? The first post in this thread -- that had to come from SOMEWHERE, right? But no internet link? Why no link?
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05-24-2005, 01:22 PM | #18 | |
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05-24-2005, 01:56 PM | #19 | |
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05-24-2005, 07:23 PM | #21 |
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I live in Owings Mills which is connected to Reisterstown. I hadn't heard the story but those are the local newcasters. Kind of spooky to me.
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05-24-2005, 08:36 PM | #22 |
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Interesting story maximus. I just wish there were other stations reporting it so that I wouldn't feel as if I am fooled into believing this. But it is amazing regardless.
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05-24-2005, 08:42 PM | #23 | |
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This appears to be the link of the original story... http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main...2/ixworld.html |
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05-25-2005, 10:31 AM | #24 |
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I still don't quite believe it. I would like some kind of verification, or maybe one of our resident doctors can verify this, if not cure the girl's condition.
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05-25-2005, 11:06 AM | #25 |
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Actually I think this might be the original link:
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/7839942/ The news reporter in the story is an actual reported for the Baltimore NBC affilate. All other google searches seem to reference this story. Snopes has neither confirmed or denied it.
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I'm not an MD (rather a PhD), but my best guess is that this disorder is not being characterized properly by the media. Specifically, I believe they've confused the concepts of "aging" and "development," which I suppose is easy to do given that they co-occur in nearly everyone. However, I sincerely doubt that Brooke is not aging in the biological sense (i.e., cellular division, metabolic cellular wear-and-tear, etc.). I rather suspect that she's simply not developing normally. Her bizarre and (thankfully) rare birth defect has stopped her growth, and the fact that she doesn't appear to be "aging" is because she isn't growing and still has the skin of a young kid, a 12 year-old. I suspect that if she lives to her 30s or 40s she'll start to show aging-related wrinkles. Thus, I don't think she's "frozen in time" like the newscasters described. Notice that her pediatrician never mentioned that she's "not aging," he just described her as a mystery. The statement that she isn't aging is made by the reporter, and is largely riffing on a statement the father made about Brooke being "like the fountain of youth." Sad case, regardless. |
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Edit: To clarify, it is rare. However, since my research specializes in Pervasive Developmental Disorders, that is why it is not particularly unusual. Irregardless, it is very sad.
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05-25-2005, 05:41 PM | #28 |
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The other really odd part is that this hasn't been correctly diagnosed. The severe cases of failure to thrive and develop usually result from severe disturbances in the hypothalmic-pituitary axis. I can't believe that her MRI and other laboratory tests would be completely normal. |
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