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"Get your best doctor in here!" I had just stepped out of the staff elevator when I saw my husband, Derek Hayes, yelling outside the operating room. What was he doing here? Didn't he say he was on a business trip today and couldn't be with me for our seventh wedding anniversary? Before I could react, he stormed over to a nurse, making a scene: "You have to save my wife and child, or I'll make sure this hospital goes bankrupt!" His wife? The words hit me like a lightning bolt. If she was his wife, then who was I? I stood frozen, still processing, when a young doctor hurried towards me. "Dr. Miller, perfect timing. All the chief physicians are in surgery and can't break away… Please, get into the operating room!" I took a deep breath, clenched my fists, and walked towards the double doors. Derek rushed over, blocking my path, his eyes blazing. "You're the surgeon?" He didn't recognize me? Even though I was completely covered by a surgical cap and mask, he couldn't be so blind that he couldn't recognize his wife of seven years! Maybe he just didn't expect me to be here. I'd