“Son, these are the best days of your life, you just don’t know it yet,” that was his response to my mumbled defense. I was attempting to assist Dr. John as a 25 year old freshly minted intern. Dr. John Ochsner remains the best technical surgeon I’ve ever seen but that’s not what I remember. I remember Dr. John hurling insults without prejudice causing rhetorical contusions on everyone within reach of his voice. It was difficult to do the work of an Intern in the heart room and smother the laughter exploding…