Howard Lobotomy

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It was ever okay to give a person a lobotomy. It was a very dangerous procedure that was not needed. It was too risky, people had died from them. There was nothing wrong with howard, so therefore he didn't need a lobotomy. Howard was a normal, hyper boy. His stepmom just didn't like him. His stepmom pretty much “ diagnosed” him with mental illness herself, which was wrong because he did not have a mental illness. Once Lou made up her mind about Howard getting a lobotomy, she never changed it.
It wasn't right to give anyone a lobotomy, let alone Howard, considering there was nothing wrong with him and he was just a normal boy. Howard is very lucky that he survived his lobotomy. Even luckier that he can still be normal after, and not in

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