- Roona Begum was taken to hospital last year with an extreme form of hydrocephalus - water on the brain
- The condition causes the head to swell to three times its normal size
- Surgeons a series of operations to be carried out to reduce the size of 37-23 inches, but warned his parents, was unlikely to survive
- A year later, the doctors amazed Three years is alive and smiling
- Lady of Fatima said, and the father of Abdul Roona hope that they go to school
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A child whose head is swollen to three times its normal size smiled for the first time after surgery to reduce the size of 37-23 inches.
Three years Roona Begum was taken to a hospital in New Delhi, India, last year, suffers from an extreme form of hydrocephalus - water on the brain.
Surgeons carried out a series of operations to reduce the size of the head Roona, but was released, he warned his parents that he had little chance of survival.
But this week the doctors were surprised that not only the lives Roona began to smile and laugh.
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Three years Roona Begum was the last year the hospital clothing New Delhi, India, added that to an extreme form of hydrocephalus. - Water on the brain The condition causes the head to swell to three times its normal size
But the child has astonished doctors, who warned his mother Fatima, photo, and the father of Abdul not survive. After a series of operations in order to reduce head circumference 37-23 cm, smiled and laughed for the first time Roona
"The doctors said would not live - but she survived," the mother of Fatima Khatun said Roona 23
"She is much better now. Could hold her head and she can her head from side to side on his own. Smile when she and her other children scream his name with other children.
He added: "I would be very happy if I like to be a normal kid and talking hope and go a few days in the school.".
The young man whose head circumference was reduced from 37ins to 23ins due to major surgery in the past year can not go by the weight of the head.
But she is able to crawl, eat, sleep and interact with their parents much more comfortable at home in Tripura, West Indies.
A New Hope the family is more than a year after he was admitted Roona Research Institute and Fortis Memorial Hospital in Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi, in April 2013.
With a large medical bill faced, the couple was overwhelmed when the images which attracted the fate of Roona international sympathy and taken to the hospital to treat his rare free.
Touched by the plight of Roona Memorial Research Institute and Fortis hospital in Gurgaon a suburb of New Delhi has a number of free transactions
Surgeons were surprised Roona after informing his parents, he was again unlikely to survive despite treatment
Neurosurgeon Dr. Sandeep Vaishya said. "I see a lot of improvement, I did not expect that I She laughed a couple of words out loud and occasionally speaks'
The child has been subjected to several rounds of surgery in May and June last year with doctors to drain excess fluid from the head and reduce the size of the head.
He spent 105 days in the hospital before being released in August and then returned in December for the reconstruction of the deformed skull.
Neurosurgeon Dr. Sandeep Vaishya evaluation Roona this week was surprised by the extent of her recovery - but was told it is still to go a long way.
He said: "I see a lot of improvement, I did not expect that I laughed out loud and you occasionally speaks a few words ..
"She has gained a lot of weight and their activities has been greatly improved. But if they to live a normal life in the situation, no one can say.
"But more likely, I think it is quite normal, because with a severe case of hydrocephalus must have brain damage.
"But with the improvement we showed that we hope we do things."
The analysis shows Roona head now after surgeons were able to reduce the size of the skull
Roona, pictured left, at the age of 21 months and the right with his father Abdul Rahman, 21, is unlikely to ever complete recovery, with experts warning that probably suffered brain damage
Roona progress was so good that Dr. Vaishya now wants to do another surgery to reduce the size of the head on.
But his father worried, Abdul Rahman, 21, was brought to the brink several times, is concerned about the risks.
"My wife has been through a lot with the state of Roona and in the past people have suggested that we give to an orphanage or an ashram [a kind of spiritual monastery], the illiterate bricklayer who earned £ 2 per says day .
. "But we say no My wife says -". This is my baby, if she lives, is to live with us when she dies, it's my turn '"..
"So if the doctors can not guarantee surgical undoubtedly their best and make it to sit, talk and be like a normal child, we would like to be able.
"But if they can not provide that security, then we will not need. Prefer we leave it as it is.