{"id":243093,"date":"2023-12-06T17:24:33","date_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:24:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/?p=243093"},"modified":"2023-12-06T17:24:33","modified_gmt":"2023-12-06T17:24:33","slug":"mum-held-at-gunpoint-is-forced-to-make-agonising-decision-to-switch-off-half-her-daughters-brain-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lovemainstream.com\/lifestyle\/mum-held-at-gunpoint-is-forced-to-make-agonising-decision-to-switch-off-half-her-daughters-brain-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"Mum 'held at gunpoint' is forced to make agonising decision to 'switch off' half her daughter's brain | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
A MUM made the decision to "switch off" half of her 12-year-old daughter's brain after feeling like she was being held at gunpoint. <\/p>\n
Little Shania Taylor was diagnosed with Rasmussen\u2019s encephalitis (RE) and the only cure was a hemispherectomy – a radical surgical procedure where the diseased half of the brain is completely disconnected.<\/p>\n
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RE is a nervous system disorder characterised by inflammation on one side of the brain.<\/p>\n
It is incredibly rare – affecting just two out of every 10 million people.<\/p>\n
Tilly Taylor, 39, says she felt like she was "at gunpoint" when she opted for Shania to have the operation \u2013 and she was told her daughter would never walk again.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Tragically, the youngster even told her mum that she "wished she had died on the operating table" after the procedure.<\/p>\n