An Alarming Artery
Jul 22, 2021
A sonnet
Suddenly she’s scared to move in the slight,
trembling, trapped in the talons of terror.
A doctor shows her what threatens her life
explaining risks of repair and rupture.
She soon sees there is but one real option;
reading through endless pages of consents
causes her fears to grow, it makes her nauseous,
but still she signs each line with shaking hands.
Surrounded now by her surgical team
she lays on a bed in a cold OR,
anesthesia’s cocktail burns her IV
causing her vision to quickly go dark.
Will this woman survive this surgery?
Can a graft fix her bulging artery?
