Business of Life

"Frank" dead

Here's a great story via Jeff Brokaw's Notes & Musings about a brave young boy who named his tumor "Frank", short for Frankenstein. 

His mother employed the power of the Internet to save her son's life.

She found a surgeon who used an alternative procedure to the traditional craniotomy, the cutting through her son's face and skull that in any event would be too risky given the location of 'Frank'

She printed up "Frank Must Die" on bumper stickers and sold them on ebay to cover the costs of the surgery.

The tumor was shrunk, then removed through the boy's nose without cutting his face.

The surgeon did not charge for the procedure.

The mother donated the money raised to a charity to help other children with cancer.

The tumor was no longer cancerous according to the biopsy.

The boy is alive, happy and celebrated his 10th birthday.