I gathered it in my hands as it fell from my hairbrush, too saturated to hold anymore.
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CPR in real life looks nothing like it does on television.
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It is easy to quantify my life in numbers.
I am twenty-five. I've had four cardiac arrests.
There were three extra open-heart surgeries following my transplant: because my new heart initially failed.
I've been the vessel for two hearts.
I've coded once.
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For, Some scars heal.
Some wind their way
And impregnate through
The derma and the fat
The bone and the fascia
Sliced by hands not much older than yours.
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1. So, you got the whole thing replaced? Or just, like part of it?
2. Will you be on meds forever?
3. What is a heart biopsy?
4. Will you need another heart?
5. Do you know anything about your donor?
6. BUT YOU'RE SO YOUNG!?
7. Wow, so you're better now?