… pushing your body beyond what you thought was imaginable,” he added.
Since he graduated, Hughes is slated to begin an anesthesia residency in July and expects to complete his dream of becoming an anesthesiologist by 2023.
As for Nate’s dad, he’s “really glad” his son is in medical school now, he said. “I believe it will be really good for him – and for his patients, too, because he’s always studying, always trying to figure things out, and he’s such a good guy.”