It’s a big day for Scott Nelson. At 7 a.m., he’s in pre-op at Emory Saint Joseph’s hospital. He’s getting heart surgery.
That’s normally a nerve wrecking thought, the idea of surgeons opening the chest, dividing the breastbone, maybe cracking a few ribs on the way – and cutting into the engine of life.
But Scott Nelson isn’t nervous.
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