My daughter needed some ortho surgery as an infant. First guy was a hack, and wouldn’t listen to the attending nurse that the spica brace was to small. Then we were referred to a brilliant dic out of University of Iowa. He took one look at my kid, one look at me, and said he could fix this with a minimum of surgery and therapy. He also said a lot of orthos are failed carpenters.
Great guy. He jokingly told me if he had seen me as a kid, I wouldn’t have the hip issues I di now.
The girl I’m talking about was one of the most intelligent people I ever met but she wasn’t above using the “dumb blonde” thing to get what she wanted. Made me jealous. I wished I had a dumb blonde card. But she was sick of relentlessly being hit on. I think that was why they teamed her up with me. I was married. But can you imagine spending 12-16 hours everyday working with someone like that for 6 months? I was so relieved when it was over.