the patient's awake!!

My last day

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March 16th 2007
Well, after a month living and working across the Atlantic... it's time for me to head back home.😊 Just when I thought I couldn't possibly see a case in the OR that was *any* cooler, I walked in this morning to see a patient awake and talking to the neurologist while her dura was being cut open! This was a 38 y/o WF who had a low-grade fronto-temporal astrocytoma on the L that was fo ... read more

Europe » Italy » Lombardy » Milan

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Italy became a nation-state in 1861 when the city-states of the peninsula, along with Sardinia and Sicily, were united under King Victor EMMANUEL II. An era of parliamentary government came to a close in the early 1920s when Benito MUSSOLINI establis... ... read more