title: Where Doesn't It Hurt? A Healthcare Solution from a Doctor and His Equally Frustrated Patient
author: Merlin Brown
description: <b>Merlin Brown</b>, MD, was born in Tennessee but spent most of his growing-up years on a small farm in Wisconsin. After high school, he spent a year in France learning the language and working on his degree in French and then went on to prepare for Medical School. He graduated from Loma Linda University School of Medicine in 1990 and finished his residency in internal medicine in 1993. He currently is in private practice in a small internal medicine group in Edina, MN. Merlin is known for his compassionate medical care for adults of all ages and thrives on building long term relationships with his patients. He has many outside interests, including building apartments and condominiums. He also has developed homes in Wisconsin for the mentally challenged. Merlin is an avid world traveler and in his leisure time he loves to garden and cook at his home in Minneapolis.
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  > 29 Moments
  
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  Rebekah Jordan
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  Copyright © 2019 Rebekah Jordan
  
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  > For my husband,
  
  my own personal rock star
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## PROLOGUE
  
  
  “If all goes well, the procedure should take between five and six hours, then
  a little stay in recovery, probably an hour and a half.” Doctor Williams
  smiled kindly and placed a friendly hand on Ronnie’s shoulder. “Then we’ll
  call you in and you can help us wake her up a bit.” Another gentle smile as
  the man’s eyes rose. “Sound good?” A reassuring squeeze of fingers that did
  little to settle the man’s racing heart.
  
  
  His eyes were filled with worry as he looked back and forth between the doctor
  and Ali, who seemed uncharacteristically calm about the whole thing. She lay
  on the bed, ugly white and gray gown covering her chest, wires looped around
  her arms and other places Ronnie couldn’t see. She smiled at him, soft pink
  lips and blue eyes turning upwards slightly. For all the pain he knew she