my inner bits
Published May 19th, 2009 in hearts | 6 Comments »
for any of you curious about grafting and all that.
i told my cardiologist today, “I am afraid of the swine flu.” He told me he and his team have not kept me alive to have me die of that…and then turned around and said, “if you did die of the swine flu, Liz would go to your grave, dig you up, and kill you again.” Liz is my coumadin nurse who everyone says has a special place for me in her heart. It’s ok, I can tell. She only yells at me in “that way”…and she is like the mom I never had.
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They’re pretty fucking punk rock is what I think.
That’s pretty amazing. And also, kinda scary. It makes everything seem so much more fragile when you can see the “duct tape” keeping everything together.
Yes, agreed–it’s insane that this is what they call “modern medicine”. Hundreds of staples, twisty ties, and dacron tape. I totally hear ya on this. I don’t think anyone knows this is for real…this IS what they do. I honest-to-god had no idea this was what was in there until I opened up the scans the other day. And my friends response of…”ALL THAT IS IN YOU?” kind of said it all.
It’s amazing what they can do with the human body, what ever keeps you with us;-)
Wow that is incredible. I am speechless. The anatomy there is unmistakable and it is a marvel of surgery.
Frickin awesome 🙂 I can relate… though I’ve only had my ascending aorta and valves worked on.