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Believe it or not, this image is of Brooke Megan Greenberg when she was 20 years old! Brooke was born in Maryland on January 8th, 1993 to her parents Howard and Melanie Greenberg. Brooke was born with an unknown condition which puzzled doctors throughout her life. The doctors named her condition ‘Syndrome X’. As Brooke got older, she never grew much, by age 8 she was still the size of a 6 month old infant. Her cognitive age was estimated to be between 9 months to 1 year throughout her life. Brooke suffered numerous unexplained medical emergencies including stomach ulcers, seizures, strokes, tumours and hip dislocations. Researchers tried to find an explanation for her condition but could not find any known genetic or chromosomal abnormalities, all of her genes and chromosomes were normal. They tried growth hormone treatments but that had no effect on her growth. After testing and treating for every known disorder, they were unable to find one so called her condition ‘Syndrome X’ because they simply did not understand it. Brooke astonished medical professionals for 20 years until she slipped away on October 24th, 2013 due to bronchomalacia – a condition usually seen in children which causes difficulty breathing due to weak cartilage in the walls of the bronchial tubes. After her death, blood samples were compared from Brooke to several other mysterious cases of development, growth and physical health issues who had also been labelled as having X syndrome. A genomic sequencing found a link between the individual. The syndrome was later renamed as “Neotenic Complex Syndrome”, to date there have only been 7 people in the world diagnosed with this condition – all were females. Brooke was such a brave girl, she taught medical science and doctors a lot. She learnt how to walk with a baby walker, smile and giggle when she was tickled. RIP Brooke (8th January 1993 – 24th October 2013) #brookegreenberg #xsyndrome #neoteniccomplexsyndrome #warriorsinheaven @RepostIt_app @warriorsinheaven https://www.instagram.com/p/BvN_HI-FdFU5JmdorJDQ9h-PiplALXouKNxUpQ0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ns57whrultrn