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

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heart surgery might become an everyday occurrence for me, but for the patient and their relatives it is once in a lifetime, and absolutely terrifying. Treat them kindly. Most Interesting Part of the Book Treating patients with heart failure and other defects to this vital organ is like walking a tightrope between life and death; it is so easy to tilt and fall over to either side. In fact, in cardiac surgery, the heart is momentarily stopped, dependent entirely on external machinery to maintain blood circulation. A single misstep can cause irrevocable damage. One cannot help but be captivated by the effort to remove a recurrent myxoma from a patient’s heart, for five times over ten years. Or a “last-gasp attempt” when everyone else had given up on a six-month old baby with a rare congenital anomaly. A headstrong attitude and the refusal to admit defeat is what differentiated Westaby from the average surgeon.

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Because prenatal testing involves some risk to the mother and fetus, if you or a family member is considering prenatal testing for Fragile X, discuss all the risks and benefits with your healthcare provider. Dr Westbury was obviously something of a marvel, and was masterful in his work. I think to do a profession such as that, you need to be of a certain character, and I know, that I certainly couldn't do it. Dr Westbury tells us of the many triumphs where his patients of all ages have gone on to live happy and fulfilling lives, but also the tragedies, where lives were lost way too soon. There was much jargon in here, and some of it went over my head, but it made for interesting reading.

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Slightly disappointed he didn't narrate it himself... only because it is always more interesting (to me anyway) to hear the writer's voice.. 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. Starting from the beginning of his career, we follow how a person develops into a top cardiac surgeon operating on vulnerable people and inventing new procedures. We understand the frustrations and triumphs and his difficulties of working in the NHS. The book is moving and funny and human and I recommend it. This is a useful addition to the canon of work explaining complex professions and is one of the best I've read. If you need to work on or access a fragile roof or surface, no matter how short the duration, you must plan and manage the work to ensure it’s done safely.Fragile Lives, by Professor Stephen Westaby, is a memoir that is both awe inspiring and heart-rending. It tells the story of the medical career of a man raised in working class Scunthorpe who became a world class, ground-breaking cardiac surgeon before watching his life saving profession being stymied by the NHS bureaucracy that we know today.

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They may have trouble speaking clearly, may stutter, or may leave out parts of words. They may also have problems understanding other people’s social cues, such as tone of voice or specific types of body language.I don’t know what I was expecting when I requested the book, but I have thoroughly enjoyed it. I do have to say I do know a bit regarding anatomy and physiology, and I did not expect the author to dive in it so deep on it. I mean, there are even diagrams and drawings explaining bits and bobs about how the heart and circulatory system works from a Doctors point of view. This has been very enjoyable, I loved how detailed some explanations were, mostly regarding surgeries and procedures. Those were my favourite bits. It was interesting but not in a patronizing way of “I know more than you look how cool am I and all the cool things I can do”. A true trailblazer but oddly for a man of this nature and genius not at all egotistical, he came across brilliantly and all the stories he told, all the people he saved and the ones he couldn't will stay with me for a long long time. Prenatal testing is not very common, and many parents do not know they carry the mutation. Therefore, parents usually start to notice symptoms in their children when they are infants or toddlers. The average age at diagnosis is 36 months for boys and 42 months for girls. 2 Diagnosis of Children

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The stakes could not be higher in this bloody, muscular and adrenaline-charged memoir from a pioneering heart surgeon... at points it made my own heart race dangerously. ‘Surgeons are meant to be objective,’ Westaby tells himself, ‘not human’. What makes this book so fascinating, and so moving, is the terrible tension between these necessary qualities.’– Sunday Times Spanning many years and many innovations, "Fragile Hearts" puts life into huge perspective - just how much we rely on the heart to function well was something I had little understanding of, now I am literally going to be thankful for every beat. Doctors are the unsung heroes sometimes, this is the second medical memoir I've read (the brilliant "Do No Harm" from Henry Marsh being the other, which does for the brain what Dr Westaby does for the heart here and I can also highly recommend) and it is a fascinating world that we both see and don't see.

When a surgeon remains focused on helping as many patients as his ability will allow, some will die. But we should no longer accept substandard facilities, teams or equipment. Otherwise patients will die needlessly.”