I like to think that I handled it maturely. That August 21 I was scheduled for a bovine valve replacement. My mom joked that the surgery would make me into a real cowgirl-hilarious. My hand still hurt. That summer my mom insisted I get an x-ray and nothing appeared wrong. Finally my dad concluded that…
Category: CICU
Impending Fate
Have you ever known something was coming to you? Or known that no matter what you did, you’d never be perfect. I’ll start right off by saying I’m broken-not in a depressing emo state. Hear me out. When I was a kid I was convinced I was the Grinch because my heart was three sizes…
Background
Dear nurses of cardiac pediatric intensive care unit at UCSF, My name is E and I was a patient in August 2009. I underwent open heart surgery to replace my pulmonary valve for tetralogy of Fallot and was taken care of by you on the Parnassus campus. I’m writing to you because I’m currently about…
One Handed BAB 