#29 - STEEL RODS ARE FOREVER
I had asked the doctor if the steel rod's were ever going to rust while in my body and I wanted to know if the rods were ever going to have to be replaced. He said no to the rust and he had said that once the rod's were in my body, the rods would never be able to come out. He then told me a story about how strong the rod's were: The doctor had assisted in this procedure before and they had put the same design of rod's in this little boy's back. The boy's mother was taking him home traveling on the highway when the car broke down on the side of the highway. The mother had told the son to stay in the car while she got out of the car and raised the hood. The boy was young and of course did not listen to his mother and opened his door and got out. He was in the back seat on the driver's side. As soon as he got out of the car, he got split in half by a semi truck. It killed him of course but when they took the boy's body in the ambulance, they noted that the boy's spine was still intact due to the rod's. He told me not to worry because they were not going to do the surgery until after Christmas and New Year's. Then he told me to have a good Christmas.
(THE STORY MAY NOT BE WORD FOR WORD BUT ITS PRETTY DAMN CLOSE.)
