Move over Benjamin Button. 16 year old toddler who hasn't aged!!!

[Sentinel X]

Yes, 16 year old toddler...its an oxymoron...well not anymore

Why doesn't she age?" Howard Greenberg, 52, asked of his daughter. "Is she the fountain of youth?"
Such questions are why scientists are fascinated by Brooke. Among the many documented instances of children who fail to grow or develop in some way, Brooke's case may be unique, according to her doctor, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine pediatrician Lawrence Pakula, in Baltimore.
"Many of the best-known names in medicine, in their experience ... had not seen anyone who matched up to Brooke," Pakula said. "She is always a surprise."

The FULL story here : http://abcnews.go.com/2020/Health/story?id=7880954&page=1

That is so weird. If she keeps going like this she could probably live up to 200 or maybe even more.

 

[DeGenerate10]

She was bitten by a vampire

 

[AndThePickles]

I think that's very, very disturbing. I feel badly for that child, too...how sad that she's never really been able to truly experience growth and new life experiences.

 

[Spider-ManHero12]

Damn, that's...wow.

 

[FaT_tONle]

Sad... but awesome.

 

[darkseid26]

crazy

 

[huskerwebhead]

So, they said her brain hasn't changed much? Does that mean she still has the brain of a toddler? Maybe I missed it in the article. If she has a 16 year old's brain (or brain level) then why is she still wearing diapers?

 

[Rain Dog]

In her first six years, Brooke went through a series of medical emergencies from which she recovered, often without explanation. She survived surgery for seven perforated stomach ulcers. She suffered a brain seizure followed by what was diagnosed as a stroke that weeks later left no apparent damage.

At 4, she fell into a lethargy that caused her to sleep for 14 days. Then, doctors diagnosed a brain tumor, and the Greenbergs bought a casket for her.

"We were preparing for our child to die," Howard Greenberg said. "We were saying goodbye. And, then, we got a call that there was some change; that Brooke had opened her eyes and she was fine. There was no tumor. She overcomes every obstacle that is thrown her way."

Holy ****, this baby if freakin' Wolverine!

 

[Wolfwood]

So, they said her brain hasn't changed much? Does that mean she still has the brain of a toddler? Maybe I missed it in the article. If she has a 16 year old's brain (or brain level) then why is she still wearing diapers?

Yeah I missed it too, but in the very first line it says she has a toddler's brain.

 

[Eric Brooks]

strange ****

 

[AndThePickles]

So, they said her brain hasn't changed much? Does that mean she still has the brain of a toddler? Maybe I missed it in the article. If she has a 16 year old's brain (or brain level) then why is she still wearing diapers?

She still has the brain of a toddler.

 

[Alex The Great]

Wow, the doctors need to do some sort of carbon dating or whatever and see if in her DNA, she has the genes of a 9 month old.....

 

[Prison Mike]

Holy ****, this baby if freakin' Wolverine!

didn't Wolverine often get sick when he was young?

 

[Rain Dog]

didn't Wolverine often get sick when he was young?

Right. You wouldn't consider seven stomach ulcers, a stroke, and a brain tumor within the first six years of life "getting sick often"?

 

[Gamma Ray]

Wow, the doctors need to do some sort of carbon dating or whatever and see if in her DNA, she has the genes of a 9 month old.....

You're not a science person are you?

 

[Prison Mike]

Right. You wouldn't consider seven stomach ulcers, a stroke, and a brain tumor within the first six years of life "getting sick often"?

yes. it is often.

 

[knowsbleed]

You're not a science person are you?

That carbonite really messes up the aging process yaknow.

 

[darkseid26]

why did it take them 16YR's to see their daughter wasn't aging?

 

[chaseter]

knowsbleed is back!:heart:

 

[AndThePickles]

You're not a science person are you?

Haha, I was waiting for someone to notice that.

 

[Darthphere]

Wait, so she's ******ed?

 

[Sentinel X]

I think that's very, very disturbing. I feel badly for that child, too...how sad that she's never really been able to truly experience growth and new life experiences.

but she will it'll just be delayed. The sad thing is she is probably going to see her whole family die before her. And who is going to want to adopt a 50 year old JUST hitting puberty?

 

[AndThePickles]

but she will it'll just be delayed. The sad thing is she is probably going to see her whole family die before her. And who is going to want to adopt a 50 year old JUST hitting puberty?

Will she? I didn't see any mention of that...more as if she's "frozen" at the stage she's at now.

 

[Majic Walrus]

I doubt she'll live long, she's obviously not in good health.

 

[Sentinel X]

Will she? I didn't see any mention of that...more as if she's "frozen" at the stage she's at now.

Oh wow...in that case, yeah, that sucks big time!

I assumed she'd continue growing just slower than normal people do. Its interesting how her brain has been growing in sync with her physical development.