Dr. Paul Grabb peered into the microscope at Sam Esquibel's 3-day-old brain, set on removing a tumor that threatened the infant's life.
What the pediatric neurosurgeon saw made him spring back in shock.
A foot!
As he surgically removed it, Grabb also found other partially formed appendages and what appeared to be ropes of an intestine tucked within the folds.
Sam survived the Oct. 3 brain surgery at Memorial Hospital for Children and is home with his parents and doing well. But his introduction to the world marks one of the strangest moments in medical history.
"It looked like the breach delivery of a baby," the pediatric neurosurgeon said last week, "coming out of the brain."
A picture of the foot is at the link.
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Local homeless shelters are experiencing overflow thanks to the cold weather. That doesn't stop self-righteous assholes (are there any other kind?) from bitching about "bums" as noted in the comments to the article.
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