A Unique Operation is Performed in Kaunas on a Boy from Latvia with a Rare Genetic Disease β Electrodes are Implanted in His Brain
A 10-year-old boy from Latvia with a rare genetic condition has undergone a unique operation in Kaunas to implant electrodes in his brain.
RenΔrs Bricis, a ten-year-old boy from Latvia, enjoys playing UNO with his father on rainy days. He was born healthy, but his health issues began to surface much later. His mother Zane first noticed something was wrong when he played catch and held his hands awkwardly, with his right arm and elbow pointing upward, and when he ran, he seemed to push his left shoulder forward, moving sideways. This peculiar behavior prompted the family to seek medical advice, leading to a journey through various doctors' offices, tests, and analyses that took more than two years.
Eventually, they received a diagnosis that their son lacked a part of the 19th gene, which was identified as