our first patient at mayo clinic, linda stout, she was a five-year-old girl from bismark, north dakota. she was dying of a heart defect. she had a short time to live. her parents brought her here with no other hope. her life was saved in a machine just like this. that is her sixth birthday party a few months after her operation. she lived a wonderful life. i have interviewed her a number of times. linda came back to mayo clinic on the 50th anniversary of her heart surgery as a guest of honor at a surgical congress. look what she gave us. she gave us her autograp book and her get well cards that her mother had saved for her. we tell our new employees when they come here on their tour, behind every invention at the mayo clinic, there is always a linda. typical autographs, she has her world famous surgeon's autographed. she has the cleaning lady's autographed. . you see her childhood scrawl of her name. she had these good people all around her. she tells the story. i remember she described it vividly. she was young, five years old. the night before surgery, what she remembers are these ta

our first patient at mayo clinic, right over here, linda stout. she was a 5-year-old girl from bismarck, north dakota. she was dying of a heart defect. she had a very short time to live. her parents brought her here with no other hope. her life was saved on a machine just like this. that's actually her 6th birthday party a few months after her operation. she's had a wonderful life, a lovely person. i've interviewed her a number of times. it's fun. linda came back to mayo clinic on the 50th anniversary of her heart surgery. she was our guest of honor at a surgical conference. and look what she gave us, she gave us her autograph book and her get well cards her mother had saved for her. we tell our new employees when they come here on their tour, behind every invention at mayo clinic, there's always a linda. and what's really sweet, typical -- my daughters have done this. she's got his world famous typical surgeon's autograph, the cleaning lady's autograph, the land lady of her rooming house, the kid in the bed next to her. you see her here of her na