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G. Wayne Miller has dramatically and meticulously reconstructed an amazing true story: how a group of renegade Minnesota surgeons, led by Dr. Walt Lillehei, made medical history by becoming the first doctors to operate deep inside the human heart.

A humorous and informative story about preparing for an open heart surgical procedure. While many people have questions about how to prepare for open heart surgery, very few surgeons have had the surgery themselves to explain what really happens to a patient's body during and after surgery. This story is told through the author's eyes. An individual who not only works in surgery administering anesthesia for a living, but actually had an open heart surgery himself.

Forget confusing doctor-talk—this book tells kids what they need to know, no fluff, no drama. What's an ECG anyway? How about an echo test or chest x-ray? Relax, they're simpler than they sound. Cold stickers, squishy jelly, big cameras, and butterfly needles (really!)—the tests aren't fun, but they're doable.