Colorado Doctor Finds Foot In Newborn's Brain

TheDenverChannel.com ^ | Dec. 17, 2008 | Unknown

[decimon]

A Colorado Springs family is part of one of the strangest cases in medical history.

Dr. Paul Grabb, a pediatric brain surgeon, said he discovered a small foot growing inside the brain of 3-day-old Sam Esquibel.

The appendage threatened the newborn's life.

When Grabb performed the life-saving surgery at Memorial Hospital for Children in Colorado Springs, he was in for another surprise: he also found what appeared to be parts of an intestine in the folds of the infant's tiny brain, in addition to another developing foot, hand and thigh.

[TheWasteLand]

Plato believed the brain was the seat of the human sole.

[decimon]

Colorado Springs, Fort Carson, Us Army. Strange!

Oh, I don't know...I had a few sergeants...

[WhyisaTexasgirlinPA]

OMG - I”m sorry I know this is tragic but that comment was hilarious!

[theDentist]

Drat! Wish I’d thought of that one.

[decimon]

So what? The kid’s mind was wandering!

Yeah, footloose.

[devane617]

adds new meaning to: “i thought about kicking your butt”

[aruanan]

Here's another sensory homunculus:

[#1CTYankee]

Reminds me of a Stephen King book I read once.

[prismsinc]

B R U T A L

[DuncanWaring]

That’s nothing - if the good doctor were to visit the Hallowed Halls of Congress, he could find plenty of cases of heads growing in backsides.

[frithguild]

parts of an intestine in the folds of the infant's tiny brain

Sh*t for brains?

[decimon]

Sh*t for brains?

Footwurst.

[centurion316]

My very best wishes for a complete recovery for this baby, but now we know what’s wrong with Joe Biden.

[Walmartian]

I do declare I think your baby has grown a foot since I last saw him!

[Kimmers]

Now we know what is on this kids mind.....

[SunkenCiv]

Dr. Paul Grabb, a pediatric brain surgeon, said he discovered a small foot growing inside the brain of 3-day-old Sam Esquibel.

And how, pray tell, did he think to look?

[mysterio]

The Dark Half, I think.

[decimon]

And how, pray tell, did he think to look?

You too? Doesn't anybody here know how to play this game? ;-)

"Sam was delivered on Oct. 1, within hours of an ultrasound that showed what appeared to be a tumor developing in the brain of the fetus."

[SunkenCiv]

Ultrasounds aren’t standard postnatal procedures, are they? Anyway, kudos to the good Doctor Scholl for sniffing out the problem.

[decimon]

Ultrasounds aren’t standard postnatal procedures, are they?

Dunno. I'm a guy so I've never had my natal posted.