"What I remember about you were your bow ties. You 11 just looked like such a Southern gentleman, and you'd 12 show up every morning with such a big smile. And you 13 were so warm and gentle, and I wanted to get better for 14 you. I wanted your surgery to work on me." 15 Gaviria has spent the past 30 years dealing with damage 16 Notes: that the cancer did to the bones in her leg and hip, and in 17 all that time she's stuck with Springfield. Even when he has 18 moved, she's traveled so he could keep treating her. 19 "I just don't trust other doctors as much," she tells him. 20 Neither Gaviria nor Springfield can remember how many 21 surgeries they've been through together, but it's a lot. 22 Gaviria says she has "shark-attack body" from all the 23 scarring. 24 When she was a child, Gaviria complained to Springfield 25 that she would never get married. 26 "I always wondered how difficult it would be for 27 someone to sign up to my life," Gaviria says. 28 But this year, she did get married. At her wedding, her 29 first dance was with Springfield. 30 "I wanted you to have the first dance," she told him. 31 "That was just a way of celebrating the fact that a lot of 32 what I'm able to do nowadays is because of your care." 33 "Your wedding is the first wedding of a patient that I 34 have ever gone to," Springfield said. "It's so rewarding to 35
11 "What I remember about you were your bow ties. You 12 just looked like such a Southern gentleman, and you'd 13 show up every morning with such a big smile. And you 14 were so warm and gentle, and I wanted to get better for 15 you. I wanted your surgery to work on me." 16 Gaviria has spent the past 30 years dealing with damage Notes: 17 that the cancer did to the bones in her leg and hip, and in 18 all that time she's stuck with Springfield. Even when he has 19 moved, she's traveled so he could keep treating her. 20 "I just don't trust other doctors as much," she tells him. 21 Neither Gaviria nor Springfield can remember how many 22 surgeries they've been through together, but it's a lot. 23 Gaviria says she has "shark-attack body" from all the 24 scarring. 25 When she was a child, Gaviria complained to Springfield 26 that she would never get married. 27 "I always wondered how difficult it would be for 28 someone to sign up to my life," Gaviria says. 29 But this year, she did get married. At her wedding, her 30 first dance was with Springfield. 31 "I wanted you to have the first dance," she told him. 32 "That was just a way of celebrating the fact that a lot of 33 what I'm able to do nowadays is because of your care." 34 "Your wedding is the first wedding of a patient that I 35 have ever gone to," Springfield said. "It's so rewarding to
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