That might sound drastic, but in 5-year-olds, whose brains are still actively growing, the remaining part of the brain can reorganize itself to control some functions that the missing half would have governed, although the child will probably not be completely neurologically normal, Gupta said.

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Sometimes the cause of coma can be completely reversed and the affected person will regain normal function.

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However, it could be another two weeks before services were completely back to normal, Network Rail said.

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Network Rail said it could be another two weeks before rail services were completely back to normal.

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"So, you know, I would love to be with my family in the street as a normal person and I can't, so I am a completely different person in my private life, " added Mourinho, who will turn 50 in January.

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