Noah had little chance of survival and was at risk of severe mental disability. He came into the world with the germ of a brain. Now he is studying at school together with other children.
Noah Wall, from the UK, was born with spina bifida and hydrocephalus and his brain was only 2% developed. The parents were aware that their son would probably not survive. Even before the boy was born, the doctors had made the Walls familiar with the idea that the child – if he could be saved at all – would be paralyzed from the chest down. He was threatened with not only physical but also mental disability. The parents were offered to terminate the pregnancy.
However, Noah showed an amazing will to fight. After birth, he underwent several operations. He spent most of his life at the Great North RVI Children’s Hospital in Newcastle. To everyone’s surprise, at the age of two, the boy sat down on his own, sang and could even play computer games. When he was four, a real miracle happened. Research has shown that his the brain has developed to 80 percent. normal volume. It gave the boy a chance to communicate. Now it can function like other children.
Noah is seven years old. She goes to primary school, but only once a week. He still dreams that one day he will be able to stand on his own feet. Modern medicine offers hope that the boy will walk. Currently, Noah is undergoing pioneering neurophysical therapy. He even started wiggling his feet.
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