That is so awesome. It's truly amazing what can be done these days!
No kidding. I watched a show the other night where a young man had a tumor on his forehead and nose. It was awful. By the end of the show they had removed the tumor and prepared his face for a prostectic nose attached w/screws. Right now he wears a glue-on nose that looks great. He can be a normal young person for the first time.
This is the kind of work, science, and skill that gets me so riled when FReepers moan about colleges and how they didn't miss anything by not going to college, or that their kids wouldn't learn anything useful in college. You don't get this kind of science without advanced work. Sitting around reading the Constitution to your kids is great, but to think that higher ed is a waste of time because campuses are liberal or many kids still don't have direction after the undergrad degree, is just being short sighted.
Nothing personal, Ladiesview, I just needed to rant and you're right, it is amazing what American science can do.