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Carter Mecher had only ever wanted to be a doctor. He d grown up in a big, working-class family in Chicago where his toolmaker father had encouraged him to tackle problems with the same confidence that he shaped steel.
Carter s mind would lock into a problem in the same way it did when he was fixing a car engine. That was when he was at his best.
An inability to pay attention to anything except that which you find totally riveting might not sound the most promising trait in a medical student. But almost by process of elimination, it led Carter to his calling: critical care.