Dr.Gasol

[StarsandStripes]

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/s ... sol-100806

Great story on Pau

[TruSkool]

my idol

[96 Til Infiniti]

Class act.

[Pablo Escobar]

An educated basketball player say it ain't so

[lakersfanatic]

awesome article. what a good read while at work. hehe

[seanbig]

...you ain't no doctor if you flunk med school

all kidding aside, it is too bad Pau couldn't finish it through

[Mamba Venom]

Awesome

JUST AWESOME!!!

[TruSkool]

im sure he had the brains to become a doctor, and definately the passion...i know if i had ~15million per year deal i wouldnt be learning surgical techniques at a hospital

[JJ From Deep]

He said in an interview finishing med school and practicing is an option after he retires from the NBA. His IQ really transcends to the basketball court. Dude is my idol, he can have either of BOTH of my dream jobs -_-

[infinite11285]

Very nice read and and even more refreshing story. Bravo Pau. I'm aware Pau didn't actually assist in the procedure but his passion for the field of medicine is commendable.

[RJM]

Yeah it could have happened.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/columns/s ... sol-100806

LOS ANGELES -- Interesting how so many surgeons wear sneakers. The family from rural Colorado noticed that right off the bat. The day the Shattucks met Dr. David Skaggs, at Childrens Hospital on Sunset Boulevard, he had bounced in to examine their 13-year-old daughter, Isabelle, wearing pitch-black running shoes. Their first impression was he seemed athletic. Everything after that was a blur.

The doctor showed them an X-ray of their daughter's spine, a spine that resembled a spiral staircase. Because of scoliosis, one side had a 56-degree bend, the other was at 52 degrees, and he told them that, unless he fixed it, Isabelle could end up deformed and unable to take a full breath. He recommended surgery the following week.

The operation would be major. He would slice her back open, break her spine and reconstruct it with metal rods and screws. He would be using drills and power tools just centimeters from her spinal column, and one slip could mean paralysis or a punctured aorta.

It was a lot for the Shattucks to digest, but they nodded and made their peace with it. They then drove back to the Rocky Mountains, to their home near Grand Junction, Colo., and spent the days before surgery doing yoga and trying to exhale.

Then, one afternoon, the phone rang. It was the surgeon, Skaggs.

"You guys Laker fans?" he asked.

Great article. Read on.

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[RJM]

Damn. I really have been gone too long.

[MaDsKiLLzz24]

Kudos to Gasol.

[MaDsKiLLzz24]

Kudos to Gasol.