She Lied That I Dropped Out Of Med School — Five Years Later, I Walked Into Her ER Room As The Attending

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I was dressed in four minutes, driving in six. The January roads were empty and wet, that particular shade of black that Connecticut nights have in winter. I ran the case in my head the way I always do — mechanism, probable organ involvement, surgical approach. Blunt abdominal trauma, unstable vitals. Likely splenic rupture. Possible continue reading …