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CARRYING THE HEART
Exploring the Worlds Within Us
By F. Gonzalez-Crussi
Kaplan Publishing
291 pp. | $26.95
Not long after being discharged from the hospital following my liver transplant, the surgical staples that had been used to close the wound--a "bilateral chevron incision," as the surgeon put it, measuring almost 20 inches--began to rupture, one staple after another, due to severe abdominal ascites. It was a gruesome sight. It looked to me as if a gaping, bloody mouth had somehow opened on my belly. What did it have to tell me?
The doctor told me there was nothing to do but let the wound close on its own, through granulation. Toward that end, he told me I'd have to clean and pack the wound myself, despite its depth and size, irrigating it twice daily with saline and then stuffing it with sterile gauze. I hated doing this,...
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