The Heart of Stressing Less

Tracie call 4485… Tracie call 4485….

Could it be? Am I getting another chance? There’s nothing but great excitement and anticipation when that call is made knowing there’s a CABGx4 (coronary artery bypass graft surgery) on the operating room board today.

Yes?

We need you to be heart holder in OR12.

Okay!

What a sacred honor. To place your hands in the chest of a living being and hold their heart while the surgeon ever so meticulously reroutes their vessels.

I always stood there, hardly breat...