So yesterday we had visits from not one...but...3 surgeon generals!!! and all the support staff. One from the Army, Navy, and Air Force. When you finished counting all the "STARS" (generals, admirals have stars for rank) there was a reported count of like 18 total (surgeon generals are 3 star). It was..well kind of a zoo...
Fortunately I was in the OR with a good portion of the OR staff and surgeons working on an injured casualty. When the SGs and all their staff came into the OR they saw the scene in the pic. Basically there were 7 surgeons and all the support staff working on this one patient. It was pretty impressive.
The best part of their visit though was when the whole "troop" went to the ITU and visited a pretty injured US Marine. He had recently been extubated and was sleeping and was gently woken only to see a "sea" of generals and admirals..i am pretty sure under his breath he said "holy shit"...but can't totally confirm it. Each admiral/general gave him their "coin" (long story to explain that tradition but suffice it to say in the average Sailor/Marine's life time it would be pretty lucky to get one of those coins). It was pretty nice, and it definitely boosted the morale of this one marine. For that alone I count the visit as worthwhile
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