Souvenirs

Let me start by saying this: I fully accept, realize, and acknowledge I will not be allowed to keep Sylvia. I don't even want her. If they were sucking her out, intact, that'd be one thing - a grape-sized lump on the mantle would be cool. But since she's going to be chopped up and Hoovered out piecemeal, they can keep her.

But still, I want something. Some sort of souvenir to mark this life-altering event.

I want the rotorooter.

Doc said it was a one-time-use tool. What I'm a little unclear on is, is it a one-patient use tool, or if they do 4 surgeries will they need 4 tools?

And what is the "one time" - then what? I know that, likely, the company takes it back, reworks it, and sells it again. It's not actually bought so much as rented.

But...just in case...if there IS that possibility that it ordinarily gets tossed in the biohaz bag...can I get it? I swear, I will custom build the coolest, most intricate, ornate display box for it. My own, personal, brain rotorooter to go on the mantle. Talk about a conversation piece.

As for Sylvia, I hope she goes to a good cause. I really do hope that she doesn't end up in a burn bag, but goes to science. If she goes to testing and research, that's great. It's awesome to think I may help contribute to new knowledge. It doesn't even have to be a big huge medical breakthrough - just an increased understanding of central neurocytomas.

Or, send her to a school. Give some young up-and-coming budding scientist a chance to learn. Let him - or her - ACTUALLY see what a central neurocytoma looks like under a microscope, rather than having to look at a textbook.

So yeah, find a use for her. Learn something, or help someone learn something. Send her to a lab, or a school.

Except Duke.