Fragile Lives: A Heart Surgeon’s Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table

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A trailblazer from very early on in his career, he continued to pave the way for the use of new and unknown cardiac treatments and apparatus.

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Operating on extremely ill people who will die without the operation means that some will not survive anyway. Within we witness rehabilitation of a mitral valve, a donor heart transplantation and the excavation of a heart tumor.

Many reviews complain about the arrogance of the author, and truth be told, I didn't mind that part. Therefore, parents usually start to notice symptoms in their children when they are infants or toddlers. The premutation may cause the gene to not work properly, but it does not cause intellectual and developmental disability (IDD). Speech-language therapists can help people with Fragile X syndrome improve their pronunciation of words and sentences, slow down their speech, and use language more effectively. He clearly explains his thought processes as he goes through each operation, listing every step, and why each of those actions were so critical.

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If the country won't pay and the patient can't, it really puts that country and the third world ones that can't pay on the same level, doesn't it?

Parents can contact a local school principal or special education coordinator to learn how to have a child examined to see if he or she qualifies for services under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act. For this book shares the tale of how he came full circle, from a vivacious child watching the BBC programme Your Life in Their Hands to the sanguine surgeon in front of the lights and camera. Uttam had to take a loan out from a local landlord to pay the clinic, and it took years to pay the loan back.

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In his depiction of his patients, Westaby always begins with some form of backstory, painting a unqiue persona and allowing us to see what this illness truly means for the patient and his family. And even after the operation has ended, intensive care nurses form a crucial bridge between trauma and recovery.

This book is a little technical and you can get through it if you have a basic idea of the anatomy and physiology of the heart and lungs. but not everyone is meant to be a narrator of audiobooks *shrugs* The narrator here was very good, pleasant voice and I have a crush on his accent haha. It reaches a consensus on classroom placement for the child, determines any devices or special assistance the child needs, and identifies the specialists who will work with the child.