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Being silly. This was taken within hours of my brain surgery (March 2007) for the aneurysm found attached to my right eye.
BTW- I've lost more than 50 pounds since this image was taken! Suppose I feel like sharing these images now, too.
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Night before brain surgery and Pearl and I are playing in the hospice room.
My friend bought me a San Francisco toboggan (sp?) cap because my head is shaved in preparation for surgery. And it was cold!!!!
Once removed, the mass of malignant cells pulled from the patient's brain ā dangling from a pair of surgical tweezers ā wiggles like a glob of pinkish jelly. Considering how much damage they can do, tumors look innocuous when outside the body. Badie instructs Rodriguez to cut the tumor in half.
During surgery there is a staccato back-and-forth between Badie and Dormel Abea, a neurodiagnostic technician responsible for administering an electrical current to the patientās brain. This exchange helps determine the location of the āeloquent cortex,ā an important area of the brain that controls motor, sensory and speech functions; and the surgical margin.
Badie joins the conversation with the patient. āCan you move your leg, B.? Your arm?ā Then he asks a curious question: āDo you want to sing?ā
Laurie had Chiari Malformation decompression surgery on Friday, June 15th, 2012. This is her incision.
Here we are, Craig, sister Racquel, 13, sister Viviana, 16 months, Mom Nancy, Step Dad Donny and brother Troy, 8.
My father recently had surgery. I didn't expect the scar to be quite this large. Glad he's hangin so tuff.
Sorry this photo is so bad.