Posted on 11/05/2015 11:59:55 AM PST by Gamecock
A California man went to an emergency room with a terrible headache and nausea, slipped into a coma, and was told a tapeworm larva had been living in his brain when he woke up.
The surgery and the aftermath have greatly impacted his life, Ortiz said. He had to drop out of school, move back home and find a temporary place for his dog. He can't drive or work.
"My memory is like a work in progress," he said. "It gets better from therapy," but he has to remind himself to do his memory exercises and other daily tasks.
The worm was forming in a cyst that was blocking the flow of water to chambers in his brain, "like a cork in a bottle," Singel told the Napa Valley Register
Another 30 minutes of that blockage, and "he would have been dead," Singel said. "It was a close call."
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I’m pretty sure that was actually the pilot. Robin Tunney played the victim.
Califronia eh? I must admit that when I read the headline... I was thinking Jerry Brown...
That’s a real ear worm.
You’re right.
Nice looking brunette teacher without a boyfriend.
Wilson lied about her being his cousin.
Dang the memory ain’t what it used to be.
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