Friday, March 16, 2012

New Read


I ordered this book (Walk on Water: Inside an Elite Pediatric Surgical Unit) and can't wait to receive it in the mail. Excited to read it because it is not only about pediatric heart surgery, but because it is about the Cleveland Clinic.



Here is the description:

Described by one surgeon as “soul-crushing, diamond-making stress,” surgery on congenital heart defects is arguably the most difficult of all surgical specialties. Drawing back the hospital curtain for a unique and captivating look at the extraordinary skill and dangerous politics of critical surgery in a pediatric heart center, Michael Ruhlman focuses on the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic, where a team of medical specialists—led by idiosyncratic virtuoso Dr. Roger Mee—work on the edge of disaster on a daily basis. Walk on Water offers a rare and dramatic glimpse into a world where the health of innocent children and the hopes of white-knuckled families rest in the hands of all-too-human doctors.


Think I should read this before or after Sofia's surgery?

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