Jodi (Hemispherectomy) by KARA FOLEY

reesenaughton — 2025-10-09 15:31:44 UTC

Jodi suffered from a rare brain disease called Rasmussen's Encephalitis. This is a type of epilepsy that caused the right side of her brain to experience constant inflammation to the point that she had a seizure every three minutes.

elicastongua — 2025-10-09 15:35:23 UTC

Jodie was a young girl that started suffering from Seizures at the age of 3, prompting doctors to recommend a surgery called a hemispherotomy, a process where the right side of her brain was removed. EC

tessaspeight — 2025-10-09 15:38:50 UTC

Jody started having seizures when she was 3 years old. They started happening more often, every few minutes. The seizures were caused by inflammation in the right hemisphere of her brain. The seizures got so bad she lost control of the left side of her body. To stop the seizures she got a surgery called a hemisphotheromy, which is when they removed the right side of her brain. TS

angelicastavidlo — 2025-10-09 15:42:25 UTC

In 2025, Jodi Miller the hemispherectomy patient featured in 1997 study is alive and well in her early 30s. She is married, and has a college degree, and is working a good job. She is living a normal and healthy life, with only a few physical limitations from the surgery.