surgeons in canberra performed a biopsy and got the shock of their lives. it definitely wasn't what we were expecting. everyone was shocked. the worm that we found was happily moving quite vigorously outside the brain. for many months she'd been really struggling and it was really courageous of her to come and have further testing after not having answers for so very long but she did really well from knowing what was causing all of her trouble and having now a treatment for what was causing the trouble. how could this happen? the woman, originally from england, lives near a lake in new south wales which is home to these, carpet pythons. it is thought she ate something contaminated with a parasite found in their poo, namely the eggs of a round worm. after these hatched in her body, causing her symptoms, one eventually made it to her brain. possibly as a result of medication she was taking