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The day before my decompression surgery, my
husband and I went to visit my mom and dad in a completely different
hospital. My Dad was coming out of ICU while undergoing cancer treatment.
Oddly as it seems, I wasn't too concerned about my upcoming surgery,
although I had been adequately prepared and heard all the risks factors,
even saw the video, I was wondering how to spring the news on my parents
that I would be finding someone to stay with our 4 girls, while I would be
entering the hospital and having surgery on my head.
"Well, it seems as though I was born with a
brain too big for my skull," I began to explain, "And so the area is
quite narrow and causing some pressure on the base of my brain", I
continued. "They'll just take out some of the skull bone to allow more
room for my brain."
"So what you're saying" my Dad replied, "Is
that you are narrow minded."
"Yes", I said, "But soon I will be open
minded."
Daddy quickly picked up the slack with, "But,
then you're gonna be closed minded again."
"Yes, Daddy, but with the help of a cadaver
membrane, I will quite possibly be double minded."
--Becca Hayhurst
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