to do volunteer medical work (which he does every year) and his schedule was booked. not wanting me to suffer (my knee was locked in a 90 degree angle) he asked his scheduling assistant to find a way to get me in. she called the surgery center and got them to schedule me 3 days out at 5am, 1 hour before their normal 1st patient. he met me before surgery and then again in the recovery room to tell me everything went great. he even called me 4 days later, just before his trip, to check on me. recovery went well and i was back to my normal activities in 