For Eight Years He Told His Family I Was a Records Clerk. The Night He Nearly Died, They Learned I Was the Cardiologist Who Saved Him

“Too much of what?” I asked.

He shook his head, and it came out of him in a rush.

“Too accomplished.

Too confident.

Too respected by everyone in your whole field.

Do you have any idea what it is like to stand next to that every single day?

I felt small next to you.

I have felt small next to you for years.”