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Consultant ENT surgeon Tim Woolford discusses plans to reconstruct an ear for 12-year-old Nicolas Politis using cartilage from his patient's rib. Fifteen-year-old Holly is given treatment to get her debilitating hayfever under control, 11-year-old Roisin turns up in A&E after slipping on ice, and 10-year-old Dean's football injuries lead to the discovery of a more serious condition.
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These doctors need to be more appreciated because they work their butt off just to make other people healthy and save people’s lives yet some people call doctors idiots and say they don’t know what they are doing
Kaitlin_Gymnast 11 ikr
it never occurred to me until now that Nicolas’ hair was long because he wanted to hide his ear 🙁 poor boy
I wonder if the kid got the PlayStation game…
Referring to the girl who slipped on ice and cracked a bone. It makes me so sad to see a child worrying more about a grade then their health ? I’ve never understood why schools force kids to follow these crazy timelines. It’s not like she’ll learn so much more if she waits 6 weeks to take the test. Sure she might forget it but it’s one test, if she really wants to pass it she’ll keep refreshing herself until the test. ?
Exactly it doesn’t matter, it’s a single test that is like 1/800th of her grade. If she has a medical issue the school won’t care about the test.
i never want to see this series end
same!
That nurse was awful giving the shot. Pokes her slowly, holds it there, then uses her other hand to push the meds? Not only would that be painful going in, she was so shaky that it would’ve hurt even more! For a child or an adult, it’s called out a “quick stick” for a reason.
I really want to know the update on Nicolas
2:09 reminds me of some greys anatomy bloopers when ellen messed up her lines by saying “I’m gonna build that little boy some ears.”
Finbar Redo that’s exactly what came into my head !
what about the growth of the ear? Will it remain child’s size alla of his life?
No it will grow because it is made of cartilage that is in the same growth pattern of his body. Because of this it will grow normally like he was born with it. I’m not worried about the growth though, I’m worried about his ear canal. What if it isn’t fully formed either? Then the most his new ear will do is make him look normal ish. I doubt a surgery to fix the ear canal would work considering it goes to far into the skull and they would literally have yo create one. If the canal is fine then good for him.
NowYouKnowIt MathTutoring, since it’s made from cartilage it’ll grow just like his other ear.
Yes it will stay the same
Pela I was thinking that
People in theatre are kind
When I was there they blew bubbles while I
They put me to sleep
Nicholas was a handsome boy.
alyssa caeytano yea
Yeah he’s cool but at first I thought he was a girl
alyssa caeytano he is kinda cute
Professor Carley is nice ?
I kinda know what Nicolas went through. While I didn’t get made fun of, (as it was hidden) I had a lump on my head (benign), from a mole that bled when I was four. I was always self-conscious of it, afraid that it would grow so big my hair would part around it, etc etc. When I was nearly 20 (Nov 2011), my Nanna took me to her doc when I stayed with her, and he applied local anaesthetic and took it off. Been much happier since 🙂 An ear would have probably been worse as it’s harder to hide.
Caroline Church aaaaw 🙁 I’m glad your better though ?
1 in 6,000 children? I didn’t know it was that rare. I went to school with someone who had a deformed ear that looked similar to Nicolas’.
did anyone else see that Nicolas’s doctor is left-handed? no? just me? okay.
Nichols looks like that kid on the nickelodeon channel the show Ricky , dicky Nicky and dawn
I feel so bad for them
Ikr
I get upper respiratory infections every time my hay fever happens
My husband was born with an ear like that! He had a similar surgery with cartilage from rib. Wish that dr could have done his surgery since his ear does not look that good!!
One of my friends has the condition Nicolas has – they’ve had surgery now and it looks amazing!