Dr.+Holmes+Neurosurgeon

Dr.Holmes visited our class to talk about neurosurgery and what neurosurgeons do. He brought in plastic models of spines, and bones in the spine. What he told us is that the U.S. only gets about 120 neurosurgeons each year( That's a very little bit!!!) He also showed us pictures of brain surgeries and spine surgeries. Did you know that if you do drugs, that affects your memory later on in the future? It's true. Another thing I learned and probably should do is that if you fall off something pretty high, DO NOT GET UP!!!!! Stay on your back until help comes. If you try to stand and one of the bones in your spine move somewhere it's not supposed to, it could paralyze you forever. You could never walk again. That was interesting to me! I also learned that if you get brain surgery, After they fix the problem and put your head back together again, there might be a little dip, or dent on your head. That's where the doctor made a hole on your head to fix the issue. A way to sort of "cover up" the hole is the surgeon puts a small, star-shaped, round cap over the hole so that when he puts the skin back on the skull, the dent won't show. One more thing that I learned from Dr. Holmes is that if you get spine surgery and they have to put metal plates of pieces in your spine to fix it, the plates are sort of like a cast or shell that protects the spine while it heals.(That's how I think of it!!) Dr. Holmes is so cool, and I am thinking of becoming a doctor someday, and so this talk really inspired me!