Well we have all heard of the recent demise of former Boston lead singer Brad Delp, an apparent suicide in his Academy Ave. home, but it has come to the attention of this blog that we have another reasonably famous Atkinsonian, although his notoriety is on the other side of the world. In Australia, no less. Matt Kelcourse, former resident, Timberlane Graduate, and son of Frank Kelcourse, former town official in too many capacities to list, is a verterinarian in Australia. He has recently performed the FIRST Spinal surgery on a snake. A Taipan! A taipan. The second most deadly snake in Australia. Until this surgery was done, the practice was to "put down" snake with such sever spinal injuries.
Here is Matt's snake surgery blog.
http://taipansurgery.blogspot.com/
Congratulations Matt!
Well that is much better than Phil getting national attention for turning back trick or treaters at the Mass. border. My cousin heard that one on Howard Stern in Ohio.
ReplyDeleteWhen I heard that one about Kojak, I was tempted to come across the border and tempt him to stop me. But it was a school night and my kids did not need to visit grand mother that badly.
ReplyDeleteThe snake surgery is pretty cool. He said it was not that different that the dog and cat spinal surgeries he has done as a result of animals challenging cars and losing. Just scaled down a little. But you do want to make sure the "patient" really is knocked out.