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| Woman gets own skull back |
| 2004-05-14 |
| EFL - Didnât know where else to put this After a lot of red tape, Briana Lane has her skull back in one piece. The 22-year-old woman was injured in an auto accident in January, and doctors temporarily removed nearly half her skull to save her life. But for nearly four months afterward, the piece of bone lay in a hospital freezer across town â and Lane had to wear a plastic street hockey helmet â because of a standoff with Medicaid and the hospital over who would cover the surgery to make her whole again. The surgery finally came through after an excruciating wait, during which she suffered extreme pain just bending down and would wake up in the morning to find that her brain had shifted to one side during the night. Ms. Lane had also developed a liking for Air America and thought Mike Mooreâs documentaries were "thought-provoking." An Indianapolis neurosurgeon offered these words to live by: âThereâs no reason not to replace that as soon as you can,â Young said. âI donât like to have people who are walking not have their skull.â I generally take my skull with me on my perambulations about town. But not having a skull doesnât seem to have hurt Ted Rallâs career much. |
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| #7 Gotta wonder how long it'll be before Kerry picks up on this in his calls for national health care? Hey, i'll be the first one to agree that we should help the less fortunate (heh, heh), but, it would completely fit in with Kerry's statistics...ya know, she's a 22 year old waitress with no health insurance! What I'm wondering is...why in the world is Medicaid involved when her mom's agreeing to pay the $200k bill (I assumed Medicaid is only for the poor)? |
| Posted by: BA 2004-05-14 3:01:28 PM |
| #6 Angie - Methinks lining the "hockey" helmet with tin foil was yet another error in judgement... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-05-14 2:09:03 PM |
| #5 Here's the story. It sounds like her brain wasn't in perfect working condition before the surgery, since she was not wearing a seatbelt and was charged with DUI and not having a license. |
| Posted by: Angie Schultz 2004-05-14 1:56:53 PM |
| #4 Korora - Ted Rall lacks the brain, not the skull. Inside his skull is like a geode. A glittery vacuum without substance. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-05-14 1:51:53 PM |
| #3 Now that the helmet is free maybe we can lend it to the Dems...with a nice short bus. |
| Posted by: Dragon Fly 2004-05-14 1:48:43 PM |
| #2 ..would wake up in the morning to find that her brain had shifted to one side during the night. The solution's simple: turn it over when the tingling gets too uncomfortable. |
| Posted by: Bomb-a-rama 2004-05-14 1:48:41 PM |
| #1 "Ms. Lane had also developed a liking for Air America and thought Mike Mooreâs documentaries were 'thought-provoking.' ⦠not having a skull doesnât seem to have hurt Ted Rallâs career much." LOL! Miaow! |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-05-14 1:48:28 PM |