Brain tumor patient recalls surgery like Kennedy's
(AP)
<p><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080602/capt.7d66dcd67328437991372364ad23eceb.kennedy_other_patient_bx101.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=Zm2peMaJbxjlb8K0oCpvrg--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="Mindy Wanatick, 37, spends time with her son Casey, 5, Friday, May 30, 2008 at their home in Merrimac, Mass. Like Sen. Edward Kennedy, Mindy Wanatick was awake during brain surgery. She continues treatment for what is now an advanced glioblastoma, the most lethal of brain cancers. 'They put your head in what they call a halo, to make sure your head is steady. I remember that. And then they gave me a lot of little shots to the head. It was the local anesthetic. It felt like a million little shots,' recalled Wanatick. (AP Photo/Lisa Poole)" border="0" /> (http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/health/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080602/ap_on_he_me/med_kennedy_other_patient)AP - As she lay on her side listening to the whine of a drill boring into her skull, Mindy Wanatick took comfort in a vision still within her grasp. There, taped on her outstretched arm, were pictures of her baby son, Casey, and her husband, Jason.</p><br clear="all"/>
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