A teenager who spent three years living with seizures has undergone brain surgery while awake and talking. Izaac Roberts has suffered terrible symptoms due to a brain tumour.
At the start of the year, the 18-year-old became the youngest patient ever to be awake during a craniotomy at Royal Stoke Hospital. It was hoped the surgery would end his symptoms - which included loss of speech and numbness down one side of his body - and save his life.
But two hours into the surgery, Izaac began suffering from a seizure. It left neurosurgeon Dr Chan with a decision on whether to continue with the high-risk brain surgery, according to The Mirror.
