Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani teenager who defied Taliban attackers to promote education for girls, says she’s “feeling all right” after two weekend surgeries during which doctors attached a titanium plate to her skull and implanted a cochlear device to restore hearing to her left ear.
Malala talking from her bed at a Birmingham hospital said that “I’m happy that both of the operations are successful. I can walk a little bit and I’m feeling better.” Malala’s surgeon Miss White said that “she has no long-lasting brain injuries and she won’t need any further surgery.”
Shortly after the shooting, Malala’s brain swelled dangerously and doctors in Pakistan extracted a section of her skull about the size of a hand. Otherwise, the pressure in her cranium would have caused severe brain damage and killed her. Doctors then temporarily implanted the skull piece in her abdomen — a common procedure to preserve bone fragments for later use.
The skull piece would have had no longer fit properly without the addition of some titanium parts, as her head and the bone fragment have changed after a couple of surgeries.
On Saturday, before her surgery, Malala said that “because of the prayers of people, God has given me this new life and I want to serve and I want every girl, every child to be educated”.
Moreover, Malala had become deaf when gunfire from the attack broke the delicate bones that help transform sound waves into sensory impulses to the brain. Malala’s hearing would be assisted by a cochlear device which although would not allow her to hear completely naturally, but it will restore her hearing enough to assist her in carrying out her daily chores said white
Meanwhile Children of a school in Staffordshire sent dozens of cards offering their support to Malala. Similarly pupils at William MacGregor Primary in Tamworth have made her plight the focus of their lessons since October. Gemma Day; their teacher, said that “Malala has been really inspirational to the children and she’s helped them to see that they can achieve a lot if they can be strong.”
I think malala should be given a chance to visit those school as a thank you. for showing her support when she's well enough Ho do so.
Malala is a beacon of light in an age of darkness. Let us support her cause.
She is true face of Pakistan. We reject mullahs face.
I hope she can inspire our chaotic nation.
Malala, I hope your cochlear implant surgry will be successful. I have two implants and my hearing is so close to normal that I cant remember a difference. But it does take some time for your brain to grow new connections so that it interprets what you hear. For some this is just a few days or weeks but others can take longer My first implant was a matter of days. My second more like a couple of years.
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