Mike’s “Rotten” Life
Mike George was born with a quite-treatable heart condition, and some routine surgery when he was nine months old was botched, impairing oxygen flow to his brain, and reducing his cognitive function. It would be easy to say Mike has had a rotten life. Taken from his mother’s arms within hours of birth and moved to another hospital; surgery the second day of his life; five more heart surgeries; drilling into his skull to alleviate a subdural hematoma; gallbladder surgery. Cognitive impairment when he had awesome genes and awesome potential. But Mike’s “rotten” life is the only thing …