During the thoracic surgeon meeting, Dr. White showed us a surgery that included the removal of cancerous lymph nodes in the lungs. This got Emma and I thinking, shouldn’t the removal of lymph nodes devastate the immune system? Emma hypothesized the removed lymph nodes would grow back but I firmly disagreed. I originally visualized the lymph nodes as bumps around our body, and that we have probably 6? Maybe a few more? And if there are so few, removing one should be like removing a kidney! Emma assumed much more, around 50 or 100, so removing one lymph node should be nothing if they’re like little skittles around the body, removing something so small would probably regenerate anyway. After a quick google search, we discovered there are actually 500-600 lymph nodes in the body, distributed around every part of us including our face! Additionally, the lymphatic system can regenerate itself, which makes Emma’s hypothesis correct. Emma and I learned a lot!