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Cake day: July 29th, 2023

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  • You can do it!!!

    https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-32481442

    "Rogozov had intended to use a mirror to help him operate but he found its inverted view too much of a hindrance so he ended up working by touch, without gloves.

    As he reached the final and hardest part of the operation, he almost lost consciousness. He began to fear he would fail at the final hurdle.

    ‘The bleeding is quite heavy, but I take my time… Opening the peritoneum, I injured the blind gut and had to sew it up,’ Rogozov wrote. ‘I grow weaker and weaker, my head starts to spin. Every four to five minutes I rest for 20 - 25 seconds.’

    ‘Finally here it is, the cursed appendage! With horror I notice the dark stain at its base. That means just a day longer and it would have burst… My heart seized up and noticeably slowed, my hands felt like rubber. Well, I thought, it’s going to end badly and all that was left was removing the appendix.’

    But he didn’t fail. After nearly two hours he had completed the operation, down to the final stitch."