6/8/2023 0 Comments A Final Stroke by Daniel MayShortly after that conversation, Kellie Carr began recalling her son’s other physical quirks. “Daniel can catch and throw a ball faster than most kids who do it the conventional way. “Let me tell you something about your son,” Kellie Carr recalled the coach saying. But if the ball headed toward him, he would take off his glove, catch the ball with both hands, throw the ball with his left hand and then put the glove back on his right hand. Louis noticed Daniel’s unusual, albeit effective, fielding tactic in the outfield. The coach of his seventh-grade boys’ competitive team in suburban St. One of the first clues occurred on the baseball field. His case spotlights the brain’s remarkable resiliency to rewire itself, particularly early in life.įor 13 years, Daniel Carr had no idea he was missing part of his brain. Despite the damage,Ĭarr has lived a remarkably normal life. The dark spaces in Carr’s brain reflect the significant loss of tissue in the parietal and frontal cortex in the right and left hemispheres. Pictured is a high-fidelity image of Daniel Carr’s injured brain (left) compared with a typical brain, that of physician-scientist Nico Dosenbach, MD, PhD (right). Stroke suffered as newborn went undetected for 13 yearsīy Kristina Sauerwein News Release Brain rewires itself after injury ‘on the edge of what’s compatible with life’
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