Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn

“Listen to the Exhortation of the Dawn! Look to this Day! For it is Life, the very Life of Life. In its brief course lie all the Verities and Realities of your Existence. The Bliss of Growth, The Glory of Action, The Splendor of Beauty; For Yesterday is but a Dream, And To-morrow is only a Vision; But To-day well lived makes Every Yesterday a Dream of Happiness, And every Tomorrow a Vision of Hope. Look well therefore to this Day! Such is the Salutation of the Dawn!” ~Kalidasa

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

Clamshell Incision - Double Lung Transplant

So, I said I was going to post something transplant related and here it is (photo was taken Dec. 21, 2011). Not everyday I find myself posing half naked for all the world to see, but I figured in this case a picture is worth a thousand words and for those out there wondering how on earth the lungs get put in - this is how. A clamshell incision, made from under one arm pit to the other. The four holes below are where the chest tubes were, and if you look really close at the lower part of the photo on what would be my left side you can see the top of my stomach tube (barely visible, but there). So, there you have it. And yes, my sternum was cut and I have a nice loop of wire holding that together, which can be seen on my chest x-rays.