Learning to let go | Antarctic Mike Pierce | TEDxSwansea

[Music] [Applause] Tuesday, December 5th. The year was 23. 2:12 in the morning, the phone rings. Hi, Mike. This is Dr.. Weston. I'm a colo rectal surgeon calling from Scris Hospital. I'm sitting with your wife, Angela. If I don't do this emergency surgery on her colon right now, she's likely to not live through the night. Imagine if you got that phone call from Dr.. Weston in the middle of the night. Immediately I call Angela. No way, Mike. I'm not doing the surgery. I'd rather call hospice and go home. For ...