[voice over] The way kids feel at Christmas is a pretty close equivalent to the way surgeons feel walking into an OR. It's a complicated mix of anxiety and excitement that makes it almost impossible to sleep. The anticipation is the best and worst part. Will this go my way? Will I get what I want? Will my patient live? Will they heal? Is Santa real? Stepping into an OR is its own kind of magic. The possibility that on this day, you might save a life or end it.
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