All that moves us : a pediatric neurosurgeon, his young patients, and their stories of grace and resilience

Summary: "Tumors, injuries, natural malformations--there is almost no such thing as a non-emergency brain surgery when it comes to kids. For a pediatric neurosurgeon working in the medical minefield of the brain-- in which every millimeter in every direction governs something that makes us essentially human--every day presents the challenge, the opportunity, to give a new lease on life to a child for whom nothing is yet determined and all possibilities still exist. In [this book], Dr. Jay Wellons pulls back the curtain to reveal the profoundly moving triumphs, harrowing mistakes, and haunting close calls that characterize the life of a pediatric neurosurgeon, bringing the high-stakes drama of the OR to life with ... candor and honest compassion"--

Record details

ISBN: 9780593243367
Physical Description: xxv, 254 pages ; 25 cm
regular print
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Random House, 2022.
Copyright: ©2022

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Prologue: the littlest among us -- The reminder -- Stitches -- The brain and all that moves us -- Ninety minutes from you by ground -- We have a protocol for that -- GSW to head -- Family charades -- Rubber bands -- Last place -- See one, do one, teach one -- Conversations -- November-5411-Yankee -- Anger -- Bucket lines -- Rupture -- On the morning my father died -- Birth -- A Mississippi nick -- Luke's jump -- Shockwaves -- Closure -- The other side -- The whole miracle -- Epilogue: millimeters and trajectories.