After 38% Of Boy's Brain Was Removed, He Catches Up Peers Thanks To Marijuana: Mother Shares Experience

Mighty Flower: How Cannabis Saved My Son, a book by Dr. Annabelle Manalo-Morgan, Ph.D. on the healing powers of marijuana plant is now available on Amazon AMZN. Part heartfelt memoir, part exploration of a watershed time and place for medicinal cannabis, Mighty Flower outlines the circumstances that have shaped Dr. Annabelle's life and helped her grow her practice.

The book is published with Forbes Books, the exclusive business book publishing imprint of Forbes.

In 2016, Manalo-Morgan gave birth to her son, Macario. At just two days old, Macario began suffering from severe seizures that required neurosurgery, which ultimately resected 38% of his brain. Doctors predicted a future of limited speech, movement, and uncertainty for Macario, and the medications required for his recovery left him in a permanent haze. 

Determined to find solutions to save her son, Manalo-Morgan worked to develop the purest and most consistent form of cannabidiol, or CBD oil, with no other cannabinoids or fillers. Three years later, in 2019, Macario had caught up to his other preschool classmates. Today, he can walk, run, play, and speak as well as his peers. 

"After seeing how this plant saved my son, I felt a strong need to lend my voice to set the record straight, once and for all," she said. "My work doesn't look back. It looks forward, toward the potential of precision medicine of cannabis medicine, of translational biology and an increasing dialogue between holistic care and modern treatment."

Manalo-Morgan is founder and chief scientific officer of Masaya Medical, a brand dedicated to producing the highest-quality CBD and educating the world on its medical applications. She received her bachelor's in Biology from Eastern Kentucky University. She began her graduate studies in Neuroscience at Georgetown University, ultimately earning a Ph.D. in Cell and Developmental Biology from Vanderbilt University. 

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