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Surgery of the Open Heart

Surgery of the Open Heart

So, let’s allow the memories to come alive. It is May 2009, I am in the University Hospital of Wales, Ward C6 in the main building, Cardiac Surgery, to which I have been admitted as an emergency. My aorta – the large artery that carries the blood on the start of...
A Patchwork Heart

A Patchwork Heart

Where do you start when you make a patchwork quilt? How do you try to patch up a failing heart? And why should you want to do either? We’re not talking about buying lots of expensive fabric in wonderful colours to make an art quilt, though there is nothing wrong with...