A bar hanging in the Dark

[Doc Holliday]

He thought about what she said. "There is a term for surgery in a combat zone. We refer to it as meatball surgery. A lot of patients come full of everything from shrapnel from an explosion to having large chunks of a ships armor sticking out of them. You do the best you can with the time you have. If it is an organ someone can live without and there is no time to properly fix it if it can be fixed at all then we just remove it. I think with the training they already have, they will be better when we are done with them."

He sipped his drink. "Now for the four you speak of. Give me your best four and let me take them for a couple of months or even more. When they return, you will have four well trained surgeons. It is a rigorous training regiment out in Omicron Theta but well worth it." He gave a soft smile. "Even if they do not need to take care of the mentioned pregnant woman, they will be skilled in it." He jested a little. "Captain, you know as well as I do that people get together on ship when no one is around. Hopefully, nothing comes of it but, one never knows, right?"

"You will also find that things like arthritis are not just for the elderly. Too many combat wounds can bring that on in someone your own age if not treated." He smiled reassuringly. "Trust me, it will be a worthwhile investment."

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