The Heart Logs

An Engineer’s Trip Through the Medical System

Nonfiction, Health & Well Being, Medical, Patient Care, Health Care Delivery, Health, Healing, Biography & Memoir
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Author: John Gudmundson ISBN: 9781460210192
Publisher: FriesenPress Publication: June 18, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: John Gudmundson
ISBN: 9781460210192
Publisher: FriesenPress
Publication: June 18, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English
This memoir chronicles a tumultuous six month period in the life of the author, beginning with his sudden hospitalization due to endocarditis, an infection of the heart, and ending with his return to a normal life. The events and the people that connect the start to the finish are many and varied, sometimes tragic and oftentimes comedic. From the first afternoon in the emergency room, the author, a career software engineer, uses his curiosity in the modern medical system and its parallels and contrasts with his own industry to keep himself interested and focused on staying alive. The result is a rare technical take on our system by a medical outsider. The story is at once highly personal and inspiring without ignoring the technical details: what’s involved in carrying out and undergoing modern treatments including an angiogram, MRI, renal dialysis, and heart surgery, from the points of view of both patient and medical staff. Above all, it is an intimate travelogue where the physical distances are small while the human distances are broad, and where the unflinching support of family, friends, community and medical system converge into a success story.
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This memoir chronicles a tumultuous six month period in the life of the author, beginning with his sudden hospitalization due to endocarditis, an infection of the heart, and ending with his return to a normal life. The events and the people that connect the start to the finish are many and varied, sometimes tragic and oftentimes comedic. From the first afternoon in the emergency room, the author, a career software engineer, uses his curiosity in the modern medical system and its parallels and contrasts with his own industry to keep himself interested and focused on staying alive. The result is a rare technical take on our system by a medical outsider. The story is at once highly personal and inspiring without ignoring the technical details: what’s involved in carrying out and undergoing modern treatments including an angiogram, MRI, renal dialysis, and heart surgery, from the points of view of both patient and medical staff. Above all, it is an intimate travelogue where the physical distances are small while the human distances are broad, and where the unflinching support of family, friends, community and medical system converge into a success story.

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