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room, you can feel the negative energy. Then "triangulation" occurs
with all communication. Ex-lovers A and B can be standing right next
to each other, but they refuse all direct verbal exchange. As the unwilling third party, all information has to be transmitted through me. "Doc,
would you please tell the circulator what you need!" The fun case rapidly turns into penance.
Couples therapist stat to room 6!
• 'I hate ortho.' Whenever the scrub nurse utters these words, I know the
case will indeed be interesting. Feel the love! Truth is, every other surgeon refuses to work with this person, so I get the urology nurse who
doesn't know the difference between a babcock and a stopcock. This
particular nurse is in fact very bright, but has such bad obsessive-compulsive disorder that it literally takes her 20 minutes to prep a leg. Nice
guys do finish last!
Thank God my staff usually is fairly even-keeled (unless I run late).
Lord knows what the second shift will bring. OSM
Dr. Kelly (johndak4@gmail.com) is an orthopedic surgeon/ sports-shoulder
specialist who practices in Philadelphia, Pa.
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