This some messed up stuff...

its a really, really rare condition. You still are aging but your body doesn't show signs of aging becuase the mechanisms for aging in the body arn't there. Its just a medical mystery.... nobody know's why it happens and it happens so rarely that they don't really have a chance to be able to study it.

and also different body parts are aging different, like they said she is 16 and her mental capacity is that of a 9 month to 1 year old and her bones are that of a 10 year old.

Originally Posted by EasternHeat

and also different body parts are aging different, like they said she is 16 and her mental capacity is that of a 9 month to 1 year old and her bones are that of a 10 year old.

Whoa, weird....

obviously the kid has hormone problems. the reason the growth hormones didn't work is proof of that.

you know i thought this was something from House when i read it. but that is weird.

They mentioned they tried giving her growth hormones and it didnt work.
I wish I knew this was on TLC before I would have liked to have seen the documentary.

interesting. I have a distant cousin like this, he's around 15 or 16 now but his size is about 3 or 4 years...his brain is still 15 though

Originally Posted by reeves

I'm gonna have to take a look at that documentary. It sounds cool (medically), but sad.

What would a parent do with a kid like that when they die?

The child Brooke has 3 sisters, 2 older, 1 younger. I imagine they would take over her care when the parents pass on.

Also they don't really know her life expectancy but she has a lot of medical problems (obviously) so she may or may not even out live her parents.

She gets in home care paid for by the government though so its not quite as large a burden on her family as it would be without that.

The family seems extremely caring, loving and understanding of the situation. When her parents pass on if she is still living she has people to care for her.

Originally Posted by reeves

What would a parent do with a kid like that when they die?

Same thing you would do with an adult with that mental capacity I'd imagine: Either entrust them to family members, or put them in a facility for dealing with mental disorders, etc. (namely because of their 9 month old mental capacity). They have such facilities for autism, etc. and one of those would probably do fine. In some ways, an infant body would be more maintenance (possibly changing diapers, etc.) but in others, it's much easier (they pose less risk to themselves than an adult with that mental capacity).

It's always sad to cope with things like this...but I've experienced autism first hand and "love conquers all" really does apply...it's not a matter of inconvenience at all, infact that's the last thing that crosses my mind...

And think about it...A child like that will have child-like innocence forever...I envy that. I really wish I could cut down to the bare essentials sometimes, and not worry about fitting in, academics or other relatively unimportant matters.

Originally Posted by Mowicz

Same thing you would do with an adult with that mental capacity I'd imagine: Either entrust them to family members, or put them in a facility for dealing with mental disorders, etc. (namely because of their 9 month old mental capacity). They have such facilities for autism, etc. and one of those would probably do fine. In some ways, an infant body would be more maintenance (possibly changing diapers, etc.) but in others, it's much easier (they pose less risk to themselves than an adult with that mental capacity).

It's always sad to cope with things like this...but I've experienced autism first hand and "love conquers all" really does apply...it's not a matter of inconvenience at all, infact that's the last thing that crosses my mind...

And think about it...A child like that will have child-like innocence forever...I envy that. I really wish I could cut down to the bare essentials sometimes, and not worry about fitting in, academics or other relatively unimportant matters.

In the documentary on TLC, the parents say that the thought of putting her in a facility never crossed their mind, and they are happy that they didn't. They think that Brooke wouldn't be such a loving human if they had put her away.

So I don't think Brooke will be put in a facility when the parents die.

Originally Posted by Mowicz

Same thing you would do with an adult with that mental capacity I'd imagine: Either entrust them to family members, or put them in a facility for dealing with mental disorders, etc. (namely because of their 9 month old mental capacity). They have such facilities for autism, etc. and one of those would probably do fine. In some ways, an infant body would be more maintenance (possibly changing diapers, etc.) but in others, it's much easier (they pose less risk to themselves than an adult with that mental capacity).

It's always sad to cope with things like this...but I've experienced autism first hand and "love conquers all" really does apply...it's not a matter of inconvenience at all, infact that's the last thing that crosses my mind...

And think about it...A child like that will have child-like innocence forever...I envy that. I really wish I could cut down to the bare essentials sometimes, and not worry about fitting in, academics or other relatively unimportant matters.

What I mean though, is that for someone with say....down syndrome, theres people that are trained to deal with/care for them. Same with any "common" condition. But there is no training for this. How do you ask someone to take care of your young adult trapped in an infant body? I know if someone asked me to do that, my response would be some thing like "uh.....".

This would make a great House episode... but now that House is in a mental hospital... don't think there is much he can do.

Originally Posted by patelp

This would make a great House episode... but now that House is in a mental hospital... don't think there is much he can do.

House has to come back, it'll be stupid if the entire season is his team solving cases and he's stuck in the mental hospital.

Originally Posted by patelp

This would make a great House episode... but now that House is in a mental hospital... don't think there is much he can do.

I thought that too.

"No doctors can figure this out. Bring 'er to House, he'll have her fixed in an hour!!"