Blog Interrupted by Life
May 26, 2010
Things may be a little slow here in the next couple of weeks. Or not… I often procrastinate well with blog posts. 
First, I am moving. Very hard to post while changing internet, moving computers, etc.
Second, on this Thursday they* are cutting my sister’s brain in half. This is something that has been coming for a long time and has (obviously) required a lot of planning and doctor’s visits. Not sure what the first few days/weeks will look like on the other side of this surgery.
Third, I still work for a Canada Research Chair.
Fourth, I am researching and writing a thesis!
So, I may be back Friday, or I might not be back until June… but I’ll be back.
Be well my friends.
* “they” being doctors who are supposedly trained and skilled in this sort of thing. Just to be safe, I’m also sacrificing virgin chickens at midnight for success just in case “they” are not quite as skilled as “they” propose. Can’t hurt, can it?
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Second, on this Thursday they* are cutting my sister’s brain in half.
Can you elaborate a bit for those of us who have no idea what this might be the proposed cure for?
Epilepsy?
Eric –> Jon,
Yep, apparently, her petit mal activity (which has caused most of her physical damage) starts in one hemisphere and hurricanes for one to the other until she has an ‘episode’ and falls and hurts herself (so badly, and so often, I would have to start a new blog to catalog her injuries). Couple that with the fact that she has been taking such high dosages of drugs that if they can’t lower them they will start to kill her and this is a very necessary surgery.
Yikes. I hope it goes without a hitch. Brains are funny things though, and can be pretty resilient if they are altered carefully.
I work with a bunch of neuroscientists, and there’s a Nobel Prize winner down the hall, but they’re more into working with monkeys and mice.
Is she going to be awake during the procedure?
I can offer my charismaticiest prayers on your sister’s behalf. That and chickens can’t hurt.
Grace and peace to you and your sis during these stressful times bro!