So there I was, all scrubbed up ready for my first surgery, as a doctor with a degree in general surgery. The walk into the operating room felt more intimidating, almost surreal. As the patient lying on the table was dependent on me. One wrong incision and the patient dies, but I didn't let the devil get to me. So with confidence, I said to the nurse” Scalpel please”, and continued with the 2-hour lobotomy.
Surgery is successful in many cases.
As a doctor, it is your duty to do everything in your power to firstly save the patient, and secondly to tell the family you did everything you could. So it was a privilege to tell the family of Markus Shepard that he would be alright. At this moment, the cold snapped and the breeze blew the fritos
