Canada surgeon operates on teddy bear for 8-year-old boy
[ad_1] Image copyright Twitter/Daniel McNeely Image caption The toy - which is always by its young owner's side - was able to grin and bear the surgery A Canadian surgeon has performed a daring experimental procedure without anaesthetic - on a teddy bear. Although he had no prior experience with stuffed-bear medicine, Dr Daniel McNeely agreed to operate at the request of his other patient. Jackson McKie, eight, was heading into surgery when he asked the doctor if he could also fix his bear Little Baby. Jackson has a brain condition, and Dr McNeely has been one of his primary neurosurgeons since birth. "How could I say no?" Dr McNeely tweeted along with pictures of the bear operation. The tweet has since been shared almost 7,000 times. ...