My six year old daughter, who has Chiari and syringomyelia was getting ready for surgery in a few days and she had recently overheard us explaining her surgery to some friends.

We explained how the doctor would cut out part of her skull and part of her C1 spine. From hearing all this my daughter formed her own explanation of what was going to happen. She was overheard telling her peers how the doctor was going to cut her head off so she would feel better!

The funny thing was that she was okay with that...just as long as she would feel better.

- Melissa Huff