Did anyone else read the article that Wendy posted on the 1020? It is one of the most interesting things that I have ever read and I've read quite a lot. It is about the medical procedure known as a hemispherectomy. This is where one of the hemispheres of the brain is completely or mostly removed. Apparently if one side of the brain is taken out in one sitting (such as a fourteen hour surgery), the other half of the brain, with time, takes over most of the processes that the removed hemisphere controlled.
Besides giving recent examples, it talks about the history of this radical surgery. The first one was preformed on a dog way back in the 1800s. The dog recovered fully and exhibited only slight mental retardation. I guess that means he was more playful or something. I dunno.
Wendy's link said that the woman who wrote this article is being sued. I don't know what for. It seems like it was just an article about how cool the brain is. I'm sure that Wendy will talk more about that in class.
I hate to change the topic, but Herenton needs to make up his damn mind. I don't think that he should be able to renig on his resignation. Give him the damn schoolboard. It's already F.U.B.A.R. It can't get any worse. We need to turn this city around and we can't do that while he remains in office.
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I wasn’t sure if that was one of the articles that we needed to read for tomorrow, or if Wendy had put the wrong link since the name that she put in the blog post doesn’t match the author of that article. But I read it anyways, and you’re right, it’s fascinating. It’s so weird… As much as we do know about how the body and brain work, there’s so much more that we can’t explain, like how someone can live with only half a brain. Crazy stuff.
I read it too! I was worried that no one else would. You are the only other person I know of that has blogged about it. I did not get why the author was getting sued either. Maybe it's because her article has uncovered some of the negative effects of the hemispherectomy. And the doctors are getting mad because she is ranting on their parade.
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