Medtronic is one of the main companies that creates and designs BIO and mechanical replacement heart valves. I am not sure who the exact ‘supplier’ I will be receiving mine from is just yet, but I thought I would do a bit of research.
They name them sprightly names like Mosaic (so fresh, on trend and also will look great as your new backsplash), Hancock II (because ‘Hancock 1’ clearly needed to be remixed) and Freestyle Tissue Valve (that bad-boy totally gives me visions of it splashing it’s little valve body around in a pool doing a carefree set of Freestyle strokes.)
I can’t pretend to not be completely in awe, of how medically marvelous these devices are. How the parts of an entirely other species, can be turned into something to save a human life. I sincerely bow down to the grandiose wonderment of all of this. To the science and the research that brings us here and to the future.
But I guess I am not sure what I expected them to look like, perhaps more ‘medically’ and ‘sciencey’ but certainly a lot less like creepy food that you might potentially dip into a creamy ranch dressing.
I have decided that heart valves are weird and that I hope mine will be as tasty as calamari.
You crazy doctor-science-folk with your funny looking bullshit…I am onto you.
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Your sense of humor never ceases to amaze me, even on the most sensitive of topics you find a way to bring a smile to our faces. You are one beautiful human being 🙂 PS I hope yours will be as tasty as calamari, too 😉
I love you with all my calamari 😉
Oh how I enjoy reading every single deliciously funny word that comes out of your fantastic, fast and sarcastic mouth.
I love you, mini Wilber. Xo