Letterman heart surgeon on his hospital’s emergency room, heart surgery and the surgery that changed his life
“I’m in the ER.
It’s a good, quiet room.
I’m talking to a guy who is my age and has a lot of time on his hands, and he says, ‘Hi, I’m Tom, here to see you.'”
“And he goes, ‘It’s a very serious case. “
It is my heart.’ “
And he goes, ‘It’s a very serious case.
This is Tom.’ “
And then I said, ‘Oh, okay, thank you.
The news story is a reminder that even in the darkest moments of life, life can be beautiful. “
I think that really, really changed my life.”
The news story is a reminder that even in the darkest moments of life, life can be beautiful.
Read more: The story of Tom Arnold’s heart surgery by Steve Marrocco and Steve Baskin on The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood Reporter is republishing the story here on The Cut.
