She seemed drunk but, in reality, her brain was coming out of her head.

April 4, 2019

A Brit felt drunk, her parents decided to follow her instinct and took her to see professionals. They soon discovered that his brain had left his skull.

Erin Orlopp, an English teenager, felt drunk all the time. His parents, Allison and Gerry, felt that something was happening and that it was not good. They decided to take her to the hospital to be able to control her and they discovered that part of her brain had descended into the spinal cord.

Orlopp had suffered all his life, his cheek was swollen and bruised, a cruel jaw pain that had never moved away and he could not walk in a straight line. "She staggered as if she was drunk and had visual disturbances," said the mother of the child at the Daily Mail.

When professionals at the Royal Manchester Children's Hospital (RMCH) observed, by means of an MRI, that the Erin's brain had begun to push her spinal cbad, in a state known as Chiari's malformation, immediately decided to plan and perform a brain operation.

In addition, doctors have diagnosed basilar inbadtion, which occurs when brain tissue begins to migrate up the spinal cbad, which can cause permanent injury or even death.

During the operation, they removed the lower part of Erin's skull, as he was hanging and leaning on the spinal cord and brain stem, thus giving more space to the brain. "In short, my brain was falling through the back of the brain, skull, crushing the spinal cord, which limited cerebrospinal fluid circulation," said Erin.

"I was very very scared when I knew I had to have surgery." At first I thought "why did that happen?" But after a week, I thought I should not worry about it, it's going to happen, what's the point of worrying and complaining? "Erin said.

Although she has undergone surgery to resolve Chiari's maflormation, the young British woman is still suffering from basilar intussusception. She still suffers from vertigo and vision problems. Specialists say that she will have to move back to the operating room.

"One of the most difficult things we face is knowing that he can not do some of the things that he has always loved," added Erin's mother. , Allison. Despite the dizziness, Erin has already returned to school.

She is 2 years old and her face has been reconstructed with an innovative surgery.