The Sunday Sidebar…Heart Warmers.
February 24, 2008 by Liz Lewis
Filed under Happy Living Tip, Health, Humor, Misc., Oddities, Surgery, The Sunday Sidebar, Video
With it still being Heart Month and all, I thought I’d see if I could find some ‘feel good’ stories that will turn us all to mush and tug at the heart string.
Turns out it’s easier to find bad news than good. But I did manage to round up a few happy health stories for The Sunday Sidebar.
Marines Help Heal Girl’s Broken Heart
She was a two year old Iraqi girl born with a large hole in her heart and a severe obstruction between her heart and lungs. They were a group of battle weary US Marines. One could say that it was fate that brought them together. And together they fixed her broken heart.
Find more videos like this on www.truveo.com.
Little Lakshmi Takes First Steps
I wrote about Lakshmi the little Indian girl born with eight limbs last year. She was having reconstruction surgery to remove the four extra limbs and rejoin vital organs within the body. She came the surgery with amazing stamina and fortitude.
Now, just three months after the surgery, she is taking her first steps. According to Sharan Patil, chief orthopedic surgeon and chairman of Sparsh Hospital in Bangalore where the surgery was performed, Lakshmi is ‘… “now moving with a walker, holding onto objects — a table, a chair — and moving a little bit…”
I’ve got four kidneys, do you want one?
What would you do if you found out you had a couple of extra kidneys ? Would you be as generous as this 18 year old from England ? Laura Moon went to the doctor because she was suffering from stomach pain. An ultrasound was arranged and the results stunned everyone. Laura had four fully formed and functional kidneys – two measuring 14cm and two measuring 9cm.
Now she is thinking of donating the two extra kidneys to a cancer sufferer.
And finally…
A reminder that ‘laughter really is the best medicine. My favorite fast talking woman is fronting the trailer of a new documentary ‘Just Laugh’ looking at the healing properties of laughter and positivity.
