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A girl left with half-a-brain after a horrific car crash has emerged from a coma with a new artistic ability. Taisia Sidorova, 21, from St Petersburg, was given the last rites after the accident three years ago that left half her skull smashed and fragments of bone wedged in her brain.
Doctors had to remove the damaged left hemisphere of her brain, responsible for logic and analysis and placed a protective plate inside her head. They did not hold out much hope for her recovery and warned her mother Irina that she would likely be disabled for the rest of her life.
But slowly - with the love and support of her family - she came around, started to speak and was eventually allowed to return home. Irina said: 'She needed to rest and recover her strength when she was here - there still needed to be operations to rebuild her skull.
'That was when she started sketching - for therapy - although she'd never been interested in that before. And she was really good too. We bought her some paints as well and is now top of the class for her creations.'
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