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After a lot of red tape, Briana Lane has her skull back in one piece. The 22-year-old woman was injured in an auto accident in January, and doctors temporarily removed nearly half her skull to save her life. But for nearly four months afterward, the piece of bone lay in a hospital freezer across town â and Lane had to wear a plastic street hockey helmet â because of a standoff with Medicaid and the hospital over who would cover the surgery to make her whole again. The surgery finally came through after an excruciating wait, during which she suffered extreme pain just bending down and would wake up in the morning to find that her brain had shifted to one side during the night.
Ms. Lane had also developed a liking for Air America and thought Mike Mooreâs documentaries were "thought-provoking." An Indianapolis neurosurgeon offered these words to live by:
âThereâs no reason not to replace that as soon as you can,â Young said. âI donât like to have people who are walking not have their skull.â
I generally take my skull with me on my perambulations about town. But not having a skull doesnât seem to have hurt Ted Rallâs career much. |