But then, there began a slow measured clapping as the entire crew and even the anesthesiologist, acknowledged my initial surgical endeavor as lead surgeon. Leaving the OR I’m sure I was a foot taller than when I entered. My First Case, start to finish.
The well oiled OR team didn’t miss a beat. They dropped the clean up duties from the previous case, wheeled him in the trauma OR and prepped him for a left chest incision. My “sterile” scrub was a splash of soapy water and I was back in the OR, gowning and gloving.
Pushcart Prize Nominee Reilly Maginn's debut novel, BIO, a medical action thriller is a truly frightening tale of Jihadist bioterrorism. A story of weapons of mass destruction that could happen here in the US. Set in the south Pacific, a volunteer American physician/surgeon faces off against not only a deadly virus, but also the radical Muslim terrorists who developed it. There is a fittingly appropriate conclusion.
