{"id":282,"date":"2024-11-11T22:13:31","date_gmt":"2024-11-11T22:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creatingloverelationships.org\/?p=282"},"modified":"2024-11-11T22:13:31","modified_gmt":"2024-11-11T22:13:31","slug":"brain-transplant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.creatingloverelationships.org\/index.php\/2024\/11\/11\/brain-transplant\/","title":{"rendered":"Brain Transplant\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Brain Transplant<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, with a family member like gravely ill.\u00a0 Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber. \u201cI&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;m the bearer of bad news,\u201d he said as he surveyed the wording faces. \u201cThe only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It&#8217;s an experimental procedure, very risky but it is the only hope.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u00a0\u201cInsurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the brain yourself.\u201d The family members set silent as they absorb the news. After a great length of time, someone asked, \u201cWell, how much does a brain cost?\u201d The doctor quickly responded, \u201c$5000 for a male brain, and $200 for a female brain.\u201d <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The moment turned awkward. Men in the room tried not to smile, avoiding eye contact with the woman, but some actually smirked! A man, unable to control his curiosity, blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask, \u201cWhy is the male brain so much more?\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, \u201cIt&#8217;s just standard pricing procedure. We have to mark down the price of the female brains because they&#8217;re used.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Brain Transplant\u00a0 In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, with a family member like gravely ill.\u00a0 Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber. \u201cI&#8217;m afraid I&#8217;m the bearer of bad news,\u201d he said as he surveyed the wording faces. \u201cThe only hope left for your loved one at this time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-282","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creatingloverelationships.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creatingloverelationships.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creatingloverelationships.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatingloverelationships.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatingloverelationships.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatingloverelationships.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":283,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatingloverelationships.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282\/revisions\/283"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.creatingloverelationships.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatingloverelationships.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.creatingloverelationships.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}