CHAPTER 50

"Do you have questions about recovery time? The procedure? Anesthetic?" The surgeon spreads his hands on his desk. He"s for sure taking for granted the range of motion in those fingers, those palms. The sixty-something man might be a doctor, but he"s pure California. In living here the past year and a half, I"ve learned Angelenos can take for granted almost anything. I shake my head. "I"ve done it before, at some of the best clinics in the country." "Well, I like to think we have the best team here at UCLA. You"re on the schedule for three weeks from now. I sincerely hope we can get you the results you"re looking for in terms of both mobility and pain management." "Me too." I leave the clinic and head outside into the sun and get into the waiting car. It"s not my first surgery, but I"m hoping it"ll