"Alexander and the terrible horrible no good very bad day"

http://www.medicalalumni.org/bulletin/spring_2009/lead2.html

This morning I woke up, checked my e-mail and was planning on rolling out of bed and signing into small groups.  The first subject that caught my eye was "sad news" from a woman in the administrative offices at the school. I figured it would be sad, but I never expected what she had written.

Dr. Larry Anderson - my first medical school professor - passed away this weekend. I am still mostly in shock, and can't fully appreciate what is going on. All I can think is - I had a conversation with him on the corner outside Taylor lecture hall on Friday at 3:45... and I'm so glad that I did.

He was telling me that he was just in Michigan, and I joked - did you get a bell's palsy? Which was one of the first subjects that he spoke to us about, in reference to his home state of Michigan. I continued by telling him I was hoping to incorporate a large part of our class' time together in anatomy lab into my freshman follies skit. When I told him what I had planned, he laughed heartily, and I went on my way to see my preceptor. He
called down the street "have a good weekend!" Excited that I would be able to share my  comedic skit with him the next Thursday, I called back " you too!"

On Saturday, I finalized my sketch, and already had in mind that it would be dedicated to Dr. Anderson - and now I can only mean it more. I hope he'll be watching and laughing up in heaven at his last first year medical class... but by no means the last class to learn from him.