Now This Should be on House

When I looked through the day's top stories, nothing really caught my eye. 

Stem cell research? We all know Obama's working on that. 

Kellogg's and Phelp's Bong? Give the guy a break. 

Murder? Eh... just posted about that.

But in the end, I found something I was certainly not looking for. 

Once again, drawing from an impressively detailed article on CNN.com, I give you Heather McNamara, a seven-year-old girl who survived a miraculous surgery involving first the removal of six organs, stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas, large intestine, and small intestine, in order to then safely remove a "tennis ball-size tumor." 

Heather was operated on by various teams of surgeons, including Dr. Tomoaki Kato and Dr. Devon John for a whopping 23 hours in the New York Presbyterian Morgan Stanley Children's Hospital. 

After removing the tumor, the seven-year-old's organs were then retransplanted into the girl's body, a self donor. 

Unfortunately, her spleen, pancreas, and stomach could not be retransplanted. Instead, the doctors made a pouch out of intestinal tissue as a substitute for her stomach; however, she will still be forced to take insulin and medicine for the missing pancreas and spleen. 

That is some hardcore medical action going on, nothing short of an hour long episode of House. 

Though the diagnosis was clear, the operation itself was quite a feat, and I bet Dr. Gregory House would be begging to take up the challenge of curing a cute little girl's ailment.

But, I could not imagine having my guts cut out and then sown back in, even if it was to save my life. It reminds me of part of a Rambo movie last year, where the crazed military maniac pops out from behind a tree and slashes a Vietnamese officer's abdomen open, spilling organs everywhere... It is quite a scene. 

I guess Heather is not exactly lucky, having the tumor in the first place, but she is fortunate for recieving the correct medical treatment that let her live. 

Even so, her new life, filled with popping "meds," maybe even painkillers, is surely not an ideal way to live.

However, ultimately, I think anyone who is willing to go under the knife and be operated on is truly brave, and I wish this girl a speedy recovery and a brighter future.