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Suction.
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As a senior resident,
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I was on call.
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I was working with the chief trauma surgeon.
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I knew he'd be the one deciding
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if I got the coveted trauma fellowship position.
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But 9:00 P.M., we were up to our eyeballs in trauma cases,
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and I got a call that my dad suffered a heart attack.
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Was rushed to another hospital.
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Clamp.
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I asked if I could leave to be with my father.
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He looked me in the eye and said,