Garrison Keillor | A Few Thoughts, in Limerick, From a Mayo Clinic OR




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Keillor writes: "I get out of my suit and tie and into a gown and lie on a gurney and am wheeled into Surgical Prep. I have brought paper and pen, thinking to take notes, and my nurse, Kim, who has been fussing with tape and an IV, says, 'You're going to be sedated, you know.'" 
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