HAMILTON – After a three hour procedure, surgeons at Hamilton General Hospital have successfully separated two conjoined pancakes.
Natalie Gateman, who first delivered the stuck-at-the-seam pancakes, was relieved to hear doctors could save her breakfast.
“I kept blaming myself over and over again for bringing these non-circular pancakes into the world,” explained Gateman who impatiently waited outside the operation theatre. “I was reckless with my batter pours. Why didn’t I just make a really big one? I needed miracle.”
Fortunately, a team of specialists was on standby for such an event.
“This particular type of conjoining happens about one in every seven cooked pancakes,” explained Dr. Nancy Contee of the Complicated Culinary Surgery Unit. “It was a complex surgery, especially since we had to avoid rupturing the added blueberries.”
Both pancakes are doing well at the bottom of Gateman’s stomach.
