Drops Fill Buckets
March 18th 2011 Friday, March 18th
In Operating Room 2, the surgeon prepares to remove a gallbladder. He stands there, like a priest before the altar, as the scrub nurse unfolds her tray. She arranges the sterile drapes to expose a perfect rectangle. An antiseptic odor fills the room. The surgeon steadies his scalpel against the patient's Betadine-stained belly, which glistens under the lights. He makes a
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