If You Need a Doctor

A sarcastic t-shirt you can buy in stores here proclaims that our town is

The Best Place in the World to be Sick

It's funny. I wouldn't wear one, but it's funny.

And, really, it's pretty true.

Leah's not sick, but she was injured. Because we live here, she got to see a specialist at the Mayo clinic. This surgeon found that she had a particular kind of tear in a ligament. In the past, surgery on such an injury had a 40% chance of helping. But he, the surgeon in question, had figured out what was really going on in that kind of rip, and had invented a procedure to deal with it. Success rate: 95% (which is as close to 100% as you're likely to get from a physician, given that medicine is large portions of science mixed in with a bit of art.)

Leah was fit into his surgical schedule the very next day, and is now on her way to recovery.

There are many things to recommend Rochester, Minnesota as a place to live. The Mayo Clinic is definitely high on the list.



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