SNEAKY HAS SURGERY 

"HEY GET THAT FRIGGIN' CAMERA OFF ME, SOMETHIN' DOESN'T FEEL QUITE RIGHT!"

"WHAT THE HELL IS WITH THIS NEW PROCEDURE? DON'T THEY KNOW TRYING TO DRAW BLOOD FROM THE SNEAKSTER'S BELLY WOULD BE TOO HIGH OF AN ALCOHOL CONTENT?! SH*T, THAT HURTS, AHHHHHHHH... HELL, IT'S TIME TO TAKE SOME OF THAT THERE MEDICINE!"

"WELL THESE FRIGGIN' DOCTORS, I GUESS THEY KNOW BEST. IF I HAVE TO TAKE PILLS TO RECOVER FROM MY BLOOD DONATION, THEN WHAT BETTER WAY TO REBUILD THE LOST LIQUID THEY SUCKED OUT OF THIS OLD, CLOWN BODY. YEAAAAAAAAH! HEY, I BETTER HAVE GOTTEN TRIPLE THE AMOUNT OF FOOD STAMPS FOR THIS ONE?!"

OUR FAVORITE CLOWN LUSH RECENTLY HAD A MEDICAL SCARE WHICH REQUIRED A REMOVAL OF A TUMOR ON SNEAKY'S HIGHLY SATURATED LIVER. THE PROCEDURE IS KNOWN AS A LAPAROSCOPIC WEDGE RESECTION. IN AN OPERATION AS THIS, INCISIONS ARE MADE IN THE ABDOMEN, THEN THE SURGERY IS HAND-ASSISTED AND A WEDGE RESECTION IS MADE, REMOVING THE TUMOR WITH A SURROUNDING MARGIN OF ABOUT A HALF INCH OF THE NORMAL LIVER. FRIENDS OF SNEAKY KNEW THE ONLY WAY TO GET HIM INTO THE HOSPITAL WAS UNDER FALSE PRETENSE THAT HE WOULD BE GIVING BLOOD IN EXCHANGE FOR FOOD STAMPS (WHICH OF COURSE CAN BE USED TO PURCHASE ALCOHOL). UNBEKNOWNST TO SNEAKY, THE PROCEDURE MAY VERY WELL HAVE SAVED HIS LIVE... SO HE MAY LIVE TO DRINK FOR ANOTHER DAY!