An email from Finn's mom reached Dr. Steven Rothenberg, Chief of Pediatric Surgery at HCA HealthONE Rocky Mountain Children's, in Denver.
"As soon as I opened up the email, I checked to see what time it was in Singapore," Dr. Rothenberg said. "And before I went to surgery, I just called her."
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