Chapter 36
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Chapter 36
‘WELL, LEONARD, THESE MRI results are interesting and informative,’ said Ellen. ‘They show that you have no corpus callosum, which is the bundle of nerves connecting the right and left hemispheres of the brain. It looks like you had surgery to remove it many years ago. You have what is known as Split Brain Syndrome.’
‘Ah... what? Say again?’ replied Leonard, totally confused by this surprising revelation.
‘There is no connection between your right-brain and left-brain. There is nothing linking them together. Has there been anything significant in your medical history?’
‘Well, I remember being in hospital for surgery on my head, but it was nothing serious,’ said Leonard in a puzzled tone. ‘My mother told me it was nothing bad, just that the doctors had to take out a tumour. She said nothing about major brain surgery and never took me back to the hospital for any follow-ups. It happened after my father died, so we had no money, no medical insurance, my mother was working minimum wage as a waitress and she was a fully fledged alcoholic by this time, so not exactly the most attentive with medical care. I just figured it was nothing important, like she said.’
‘Hm... okay, this could explain a few things. Do you know which hospital it was?’ asked Ellen, lost in thought.
Leonard shook his head in response, ‘No. I don’t have a clue. My mother never mentioned it and I never asked. I was too busy surviving and looking after myself.’
‘Okay,’ said Ellen. ‘We’ve got some homework to do. You see what information you can find at home and I’ll see what I can find out from your medical records. Let’s compare notes at our next session.’
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