No one likes to lose control, but as a surgeon there's nothing worse. It's a sign of weakness. Of not being up to the task. And still, there are times when it just gets away from you. When the world stops spinning and you realize that your shiny little scalpel isn't going to save you. No matter how hard you fight it, you fall and its scary as hell. Except there's an upside to free-falling….It's the chance you give your friends to catch you.

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