Book

Wellons, Jay, author.

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

First edition.

New York : Random House, [2022]

xxv, 254 pages ; 25 cm

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Wellons, Jay.

Nervous system -- Surgery -- Anecdotes.

Children -- Surgery -- Anecdotes.

Neurosurgeons -- United States -- Biography.

Personal narratives.

Pre-publication title: All that moves us : life lessons from a pediatric neurosurgeon

Includes index.

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.

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