These entries discuss heart surgery, recovery and other related comments.


I’m out: I love you MARFAN’s SYNDROME.

I got out of the hospital last night. E took a car from brooklyn, picked me and Francine up from the hospital. Went home. I went in to the hospital on Sunday afternoon after being struck with really awful chest pains. Like a stabbing in my right chest, something needing to be born from my…

Francis Updating on Behalf of Francis

This is Francis (packedby776) updating on behalf of Francis (deaa). deaa has been in the hospital since Sunday with chest pains; her subclavian artery dissected, and she’s going to have to have surgery. (They aren’t sure whether they’ll be doing it this week or waiting several weeks, and they are still doing tests to find…

it’s funny

probably when i was in 8th grade i couldn’t pass this test. math was always my weakest subject. and when i went through my third major surgery they thought i might have suffered some brain damage because they had to cut off blood flow freely to my brain to correct the messed up arteries. and…

because life is a party

That never ends. This is my most recent life excitement: E is lovely my puppy is lovely I am generally lovely. Lovely in that everyone has smiles and wags of the tail and make life actually enjoyable. If I didn’t have my puppy or him right now, I think I would probably take a high…

The heat, in all of its glory,

There’s something incredibly primal about the heat. It seems to bring out the worst in people, or shall we say survival instincts. Today seems to be a little worse than yesterday, somewhat worsened by our fantastic evening and day yesterday. A heat layering, perhaps? I decided today I really just don’t care. There are some…


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