I was going to post this (in the Backroom) a few days ago, possibly with a tie-in to the Walter Reed fiasco. Then I noticed the date of the mis-operation (June 14th, 2006). I was wondering if the LATimes posted this to pile on to the WR/VA scandal, and decided against bringing it up.

After reading about this, and other amputation screwups, I'm thinking that if I am getting something removed, I just want a local. I want to be awake just in case.