AS: I would never forget you cause of that day that you stayed after school to do the dissection of the frog brain and spinal cord. And I said, "You have the hands of a surgeon. You could be a brain surgeon," I told you.

Lee Buono (LB) : I do remember that. And I remember I didn't want to be anywhere else.

So that day when I called you. This patient comes in, and he's got a benign tumor that’s pushing on his speech area. He can get some words out but it's almost unintelligible. It's almost like someone's sewing your mouth closed.

So I'm talking to his wife, and we tried to lighten up the situation, and they started asking me about myself. And they asked me who inspired me, so of course I mentioned you. We have the surgery, he gets his speech back and he's just excited and happy and crying and wanted to just hug me. And he said, "You make sure you call that teacher. You make sure...
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