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[oakenguy]

So I'm reading about Roy Horn's condition after the tiger attack. And it mentions that they had to remove about 1/4 of his skull due to cranial pressure. And--here's what made me squeak out loud on the T--to keep the skull usable, they've made a pouch in his abdomen and tucked the skull fragment in there until they feel it's time to put it back on his head!

Am I just totally out of the frickin' loop here? How long have doctors been giving people pouches?!? How many patients have woken up from emergency surgery and discovered they had a new place to put their spare change??

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Re: pouches, cats, and geniuses.

[freyja.livejournal.com]

so he had to lose his big toe just to get a working thumb? don't they have like, thumb donors or something? what the hell?

Re: pouches, cats, and geniuses.

[sistahraven.livejournal.com]

nope, no thumb donors... and yup... had to lose his big toe.

But... when you crush your own in a wood splitter (ever seen how SLOW those things are?) you deserve to lose *something* for your stupidity.

Re: pouches, cats, and geniuses.

[freyja.livejournal.com]

oh, it got crushed? that's probably why then :)