Excavations

ExcavationsI am not a surgeon, not even in fantasy. Nor have I any expertise or interest in the technology that makes modern surgery possible. Yet two months ago, I watched for a week as heart surgeons plied their trade. I watched because my daughter had had heart surgery as an infant and the doubt and mystery surrounding that operation wouldn't leave me. I watched because opening the body and touching the heart, a notion once unthinkable to me, had become personal.According to their surgeons, h...