8 Days to Go

My open heart surgery is scheduled for Wednesday, March 12th. And, I have decided to put part of a pig inside of me, instead of a mechanical valve. The surgeon described the new improvements coming down the pike in a couple of years and I decided to put faith in the future and not take blood thinners for the rest of my life.

Recently, I have been grateful that I went back to school and taken all the chances I have these past 8 years. I'm glad I "conveniently forgot" that I had been born with this heart condition. I was able to live life instead of gingerly preserving it. I would have stayed in a job I hated in order to keep the benefits. Sure, I wound up in a mediocre job with crappy benefits but at least I voraciously explored and lived and loved in the years between the jobs. It is about the journey and not the destination.