Six-Year-Old Home After Half Her Brain Removed

By Fox News

Published August 8, 2008 12:32pm EDT | Updated January 8, 2015 3:19pm EST

A Texas girl suffering from a rare illness has returned to her home for what her family hopes is for good after having half her brain removed by doctors at Johns Hopkins Medical Center.

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