Chicago doctor saves kitten trapped in wall using surgical tools

A Chicago lung doctor used his surgical tools to handle an emergency unlike those typically seen in his field: a mischievous kitten trapped behind a wall. Dr. Benjamin Seides, an interventional pulmonologist with the Canning Thoracic Institute at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital, was at home with his family getting ready for bed when they weren t able to find their Russian blue kitten, Neko. The family scoured the house while calling out the cat s name, but it wasn t until they heard a faint meow coming from the basement that they realized Neko had found his way inside a wall of their home by climbing into the ceiling through an unfinished area of the basement. Seides knew Neko was inside the wall, but wasn t sure exactly where. That s when his medical training kicked in and he got creative. After drilling a small hole in the drywall, Seides inserted a borescope a slender camera that works similarly to what physicians use to examine a patient s lungs and a