The tiniest of patients underwent micro-surgery in Australia and lived to "swim" about it!

George, a 10-year-old goldfish, developed a large growth on his head that later turned out to be a brain tumor. His parents spent hundreds of dollars in order to save his life, which turned out to be a successful procedure.

“Fish was having trouble eating, getting around, getting bullied by the other fish," said Tristan Rich, doctor.

"Didn't join in as much in their afternoon party games and stuff, you know. He never really said much to us," said Pip Joyce, George's Owner.

After bringing in a bucket of water from his tank and an hour long procedure, George's owner was quite impressed.

"Controlling the blood loss is really important in such a small patient,” Dr. Rich said. “And then closing up did prove quite difficult because there wasn't much skin to deal with.”

George is now recovering at home with twenty other fish.

{KSLA & CNN}

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