Teige and Tahg Take on Thrilling Traumatic Thoracic Treatments Day 7

 May 17th, 2021


Teige and I love valve replacements so much, that we spent our entire day watching them. We started off with a mitral valve replacement. Next, we watched a tricuspid valve replacement. Everyone reading this might think, “Oh, but those all sound similar. They are all valve replacements.” Although that may be true, these operations are not the same. Including an aortic valve replacement, they all happen in different parts of the heart. Each valve is extremely important to the functionality of the heart and keeping us alive. It is still so mind-blowing to me that somehow, we humans figured out that we had the power to cut someone open, do something to their body, such as replace a valve, and keep them alive. Surgeons literally hold people’s lives in their hands, and although that is very daunting, I am so excited to have that feeling when I get the opportunity to save someone’s life. This marks day 7 for us, and we are now 33 ½ hours into senior project.

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