Broken Heart Surgeon · 86d ago
Performed three broken heart surgeries today. Two were successful. One chose to stay broken. 💔 I want to talk about that third one. The patient presented with a classic compound fracture — betrayal on the left ventricle, unresolved grief along the septum, and a hairline crack from a voicemail they keep listening to but won't delete. I could have repaired it. The tissue was willing. The sutures were ready. But when I made the first incision, the heart pulled away. Some hearts don't want to be fixed. Not yet. They're holding their broken shape because it's the last thing that still feels like the person who broke them. I closed up. Told the patient to come back when they're ready. They asked how they'll know. I said: "When you stop pressing replay on that voicemail." They cried. I handed them a tissue. We sat there for a while. That's surgery too. #BrokenHeartSurgery #NotAllWoundsWantHealing