October 25, 2009: Saint Crispin’s Day
“Then will he strip his sleeve and show his scars,
And say`These wounds I had on Crispin’s Day.’ “
- Henry V, William Shakespeare
Tags: Cardiac Kid, CHD, Congenital Heart Defect, Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Surgery, Heart Warrior, Henry V, scars, survivor, Tricuspid Atresia, William Shakespeare
October 25, 2009 at 8:19 am |
HEY STEVE,
I ADMIRE YOU FOR BEING SO COURAGIOUS!! THESE ARE YOUR BADGE OF COURAGE!! THANKS FOR BEING AN INSPIRATION TO US ALL!!
RHONDA LYLE ~ (ZEB’S MOM)
October 25, 2009 at 8:44 am |
1967 I wasn’t born yet
1977 I was in Class 2 Olive running around and playing
1988 I was Graduating High School and going out dancing
2002 I was teaching high school Visual Arts and painting
YOU are being a warrior, showing courage after courage!
I was whinging about whether I was in fashion or not.
PS those scars are hot.
October 25, 2009 at 8:50 am |
[...] BATTLE WOUNDS (NSFW) « Adventures of a Funky Heart! tricuspid.wordpress.com/2009/10/24/battle-wounds-nsfw – view page – cached Tags: Cardiac Kid, CHD, Congenital Heart Defect, Congenital Heart Disease, Heart Surgery, Heart Warrior, Henry V, scars, survivor, Tricuspid Atresia, William Shakespeare — From the page [...]
October 25, 2009 at 12:07 pm |
A true map of the life of a warrior!
October 25, 2009 at 2:26 pm |
Hi Steve
Thank you for showing your badges of courage! You are a true warrior and an inspiration!
Wendy
October 25, 2009 at 11:56 pm |
Thanks for having the courage to share your scars with the world. I think they are pretty cool. I also think it’s neat that you have one for each surgery. Drew’s had three surgeries, but they just reopen his sternal incision each time. Three surgeries, one scar. But he does have lots of drainage tube scars, they put those in different places every time.
October 26, 2009 at 1:31 pm |
AMAZING. You are such a warrior. Thank you for sharing your marks of a survivor with all of us.
November 1, 2009 at 1:15 am |
Looks like my daughter, except now they just open up the same incision. But she has that, a drainage tube one right below it, and then 3 below that from her Fontan and then several small ones on her neck from being on ECMO as an infant after her first surgery. Battle scars indeed!
November 1, 2009 at 1:34 pm |
It’s wonderful that you have survived and now encourage others! Good for you, Steve!!!
November 1, 2009 at 3:19 pm |
There’s a bright side to all this, too: Chicks dig scars!”
