A Nice Fellow

Spoke to Dr. Mike DiLuna, he is the Neurosurgery fellow. He reviewed the MRI and said that everything is normal. He noted a little bit of swelling around the recision, but otherwise everything is as to be expected.

Dr. Mike is a nice buy. A big man, who played Yale football, one of our friends noticed that he had awfully large hands for something as delicate as brain surgery. Fortunately, I don't think their hands spend much time in the brain. He is in the last year of his fellowship. I think he is returning to Yale to practice, they must have an affiliated Children's Hospital.

THe Neurosurgery fellowship lasts 9 years. Imagine four years of college, four years of medical school, and then a nine year fellowship making as much, or less than a nurse. Starting your career at 35! Dr. Storm told us the other night that when he was at the end of his fellowship he had neck surgery that caused loss of motion in his left hand. He thought his career was done before it even started. Fortunately, he fully recovered.

Sandra is trying to work today. Looks like I will be working remotely from this laptop.