Treatment of Ventricular septal defect in India

Heart and It’s function
The heart has four chambers.The two lower pumping chambers of the heart which are known as the ventricles, and the two upper filling chambers which are known as the atria. In normal blood circulation, blood that returns from the body have low percentage of oxygen flows to the right-side filling chamber called the right atrium . This blood is then passed to the right-side pumping chamber called right ventricle.This blood is then passed to the lungs to receive oxygen. Then the oxygen-enriched blood comes back to the left-side filling chamber called left atrium and then moves to the left-sided pumping chamber called left ventricle. Now this blood rich in oxygen is pumped out to the body through the aorta, a large blood vessel that carries blood to the smaller blood vessels in the body to deliver oxygen. The right and left-sided pumping chambers called the ventricles are separated by shared wall called the ventricular septum.

What is Septal Defect?

The ventricles are the 2 lower chambers of the heart. The wall between them is called the septum. A hole in the septum is called a septal defect.

Ventricular septal defect is a hole in the wall between the right and left ventricles of the heart. This abnormality generally develops before birth and is found most unfortunately in infants.

Atrial septal defect is the hole present between the upper chambers or atria.

Infants may be born with either or both types of defects. These conditions are known as “holes in the heart.” The risk for these problems depends on the size of the hole in the septum and how well the infant’s lungs function. Based on research it has been estimated that approximately eight in 1,000 newborns have congenital heart disease (CHD). A Ventricular septal defect (VSD) is the most frequent of the various types of congenital heart disease (25%-30% of all CHD). Datas reveals that approximately one infant in 500 are born with a VSD.

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Maze of Heart

Created By Yonatan Frimer

To solve the mazes, find the entrance and exit arrows, and find the path between them without crossing over the dark ink.

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Want to learn more about the human heart, check out the links bellow on wikipedia

Human heart

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Human heart removed from a 64-year-old male.

Human heart
Human heart model, showing a persistent ductus arteriosus between aorta (A) and pulmonary artery
Diagram of the human heart
Latin	Cor
Gray’s	subject #135 506
System	Circulatory
Artery	Right coronary artery, left coronary artery, anterior interventricular artery
Vein	Superior vena cava, inferior vena cava, right pulmonary veins, left pulmonary veins
MeSH	Heart
Dorlands/Elsevier	Heart

The human heart provides a continuous blood circulation through the cardiac cycle and is one of the most vital organs in the human body. It is divided into four chambers: the two upper chambers are called the left and right atria and two lower chambers are called the right and left ventricles. Normally the right ventricle pumps the same blood amount into the lungs with each bit that the left ventricle pumps out. Physicians commonly refer to the right atrium and right ventricle together as the right heart and to the left atrium and ventricle as the left heart.^[1]

The electric energy that stimulates the heart occurs in the sinoatrial node, which produces a definite potential and then discharges, sending an impulse across the atria. The Purkinje fibers transmit the electric charge to the myocardium while the cells of the atrial walls transmit it from cell to cell, making the atrial syncytium.

The human heart and its disorders (cardiopathies) are studied primarily by cardiology.

Aorta "Sin temor a continuar"

Aorta, la banda integrada por Daniel de Tullio en bajo y voz, Nicolás Martínez en guitarra y coros y Diego Burgueño en batería, acaba de lanzar ‘Sin temor a continuar’, su tercer trabajo y lo presentará en vivo oficialmente este viernes a las 21:00 hs en Asbury Rock, Av Rivadavia 7523, Flores.

Los origenes de la agrupación se remontan a mediados del año 1997 cuando Daniel de Tullio se separaba de su antigua banda llamada Adrenalina para reclutar nuevos integrantes y formar lo que en un futuro sería Aorta.

A fines del año 2000, el trío grabó su primera producción independiente llamada “Seguir peleando”(E.P). En marzo de 2002 registraron su segunda producción “Desde el infierno” que incluía los seis temas del E.P, regrabados, más seis nuevos, y el cover de Ronnie James Dio, “Rainbow in the dark”.

Al igual que el disco anterior este también fue presentado en buena parte del circuito de Capital Federal y Gran Buenos Aires. Además la banda tocó en varias oportunidades como grupo invitado de Almafuerte.

Las influencias de la banda fueron siempre Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Hermética, etc. En febrero de 2004 decidieron incorporar a Nicolás Martínez (guitarra y coros, ex Johann) para convertirse en cuarteto y así encarar de lleno la grabación de su segundo larga duración: ‘Esclavo de tu castigo’, que contó con la participación especial de Claudio Marciello (Almafuerte) y vió la luz a principios de 2005 bajo el sello Del Imaginario Discos.

A principios del 2006, y nuevamente como trío volvieron a ser invitados de Almafuerte en el aniversario de su cumpleaños nº 11. Durante ese mismo año se reeditó Desde El Infierno”, su primer trabajo con nuevo arte y con “Vida Impersonal” un cover de Hermética a modo de bonus track.

Ese mismo año tocaron con Logos en la presentación de su nuevo CD en el Teatro de Flores donde recibieron gran apoyo por parte de la gente y los medios.

Continuaron los shows, las giras, el trabajo en estudio y llegaron las sorpresas: un tema de la banda musicalizó uno de los comerciales televisivos de Speedy Duo y otra canción fue incluída en el Guitar Hero Rock Nacional.

En la actualidad Aorta acaba de lanzar ‘Sin temor a continuar’, su tercer disco de estudio. El mismo fue producido por la banda y grabado y mezclado en Estudios Resiéntelo junto a Alejandro Pugliese. Todos los bajos del disco fueron grabados por Marcos Benedit y todos los temas pertenecen a la banda a excepción de “Tres esperanzas”, que lleva la firma de Enrique Santos Discépolo.

Los 11 tracks que integran la placa son: 1- “Nido de serpientes”, 2- “Soy uno más” (primer corte del disco y con video clip que comenzará a rotar en las cadenas musicales de TV), 3- “Te observo”, 4- “Rumbo abajo”, 5- “Fuera de control”, 6- “Nunca jamás”, 7- “Espíritu de acero”, 8- “Dentro del alma”, 9- “Guerreros”, 10- “Sueño inmortal” y 11- “Tres esperanzas”.

Luego de abrir como invitado de Motorhead y Almafuerte en Argentinos Juniors, la agrupación tocó su nuevo trabajo por todo el país y este viernes 18 de septiembre lo presentará en forma oficial junto a invitados en Asbury Rock, Av Rivadavia 7523, Flores. Banda invitada: Etherna.

Pagina oficial: www.aorta.com.ar
MySpace: http://www.myspace.com/metalaorta
Escucha Aorta: http://www.purevolume.com/aortametal
Videos: http://www.youtube.com/profile_videos?user=sintiendometal
Contactos: prensaydifusion.aorta@gmail.com,
Manager: Ignacio San Martín.

Today the desire to die has been overwhelming thoughts of suicide compiling. The thoughts turn in to more and more idea’s. How should I do it? Jump in the Savannah river death their would be quite poetic. Hang myself from the rafters in the garage that could work, but what if the rope breaks or slips? Doing it the way my Grandfather did a knife to the abdomen right in the aorta bleed out. That would be an honorable way to do it. Overdose on pills not as messy, but what if I just end up in a coma ending up in a sublime altered state not alive not dead just waiting. All in all maybe today is not a good day to die, but in all I think the Savannah River would be the sweetest end jumping from the bridge swallowed up by the water and pulled out to sea. Death by your own hand or own terms seems so eloquent but its the easy way out the coward way out, but why does it seduce me so damn much pulling me towards it whispering in my ears telling me it will be the end to my disdain for this world and even more for myself.

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Debatten om Figurationer kunde ha varit över för länge sen om inte en yrvaken Kempe prövat den rostiga ideologimaskinen igen. Jag vill egentligen inte bemöta den här typen av dumheter men som ansvarig utgivare för Aorta har jag faktiskt ett ansvar gentemot de många skribenter och konstnärer som publicerar sig i Aorta. Mycket kan man stå ut med, men att utmålas som högerextrem blir lite väl magstarkt.

Så jag och redaktör David Almer skrev en liten rättelse som gäller enbart de uppenbart felaktiga associationerna Kempe gör till retrogardet. Rättelsen var avsedd för publicering i DN, som ju redan publicerat inlägg från herrar Lundberg och Luthersson. Döm därför om vår förvåning när inlägget refuserades. Detta var bara de stora elefanternas lekplats, tyckte vi oss läsa mellan raderna i Ulrika Milles svar.

Men vi misströstar inte. För Nya Babylons läsare kan vi därför exklusivt erbjuda vårt brev till kulturredaktionen på DN i sin helhet:

“I tidskriften Aortas förra ledare skrevs om utställningen Figurationer på Edviks konsthall (författad innan premiären): “Återigen kommer vi i den (självfallet oförberedda) svenska pressen att få läsa om förlegade konstformer och gammalmästerliga manér, utan att man i journalistkåren ett ögonblick tagit sig tid att problematisera sina egna föreställningar om samtidsuttryckens accepterade och ‘riktiga’ former…”

Det var förvisso ingen vågad profetia, men vi trodde aldrig att nazianklagelser mot retrogardet skulle bli del av debatten. Eva Ström satte igång det hela i Sydsvenskan och Jessica Kempe fortsätter nu genom att i DN den 22/9 använda alla medel för att demonisera det hon tror sig ha identifierat som en konspirerande ondskans union av sverigedemokrater, nationaldemokrater, kristdemokrater, tidskriften Axess, bokförlaget Atlantis och “den retrogardistiska rörelsen”. Man baxnar.

För det första är det viktigt att skilja ut tidskriften Aorta och retrogardet från arrangörerna av Figurationer. För det andra finns i tidskriften Aorta eller andra retrogardistiska publikationer, exempelvis diktantologier, inget som helst belägg för stöd till totalitära eller fascistiska ideologier, vare sig på höger- eller vänsterkanten. Samtidigt avvisar vi ett implicit krav om att konst ska få finnas enbart efter att den godkänts moraliskt. Efter Kempes inlägg ser vi nämligen risken att debatten fortsättningsvis ska handla om ond respektive god konst. Vi borde inte behöva förklara det för DN:s läsare men Jessica Kempes uppenbara falsarier gör det nödvändigt.”

David Almer
Redaktör för Aorta

Carl Forsberg
Ansvarig utgivare för Aorta

Men vi kan ju inte hålla oss med det. Samtidigt skrevs nämligen ett annat svar, ett svar som om DN inte hade refuserat vår replik förmodligen hade stannat som ett utkast i gmail, sparat på Gud vet vilken server i det stora landet i väster. Men varför inte:

“Vi på tidskriften Aorta är väldigt glada att Jessica Kempe äntligen skriver ut det som endast de invigda vetat tidigare – nämligen att alla retrogardister är kristdemokrater. Den fullständiga syntesen mellan Hägglunds “vanliga folk” och de elitistiska retrogardisterna verkade länge helt omöjlig, inte minst på grund av de senares frivola och dekadenta uppträdande, slängkappor, vitsmink och myckna bruk av stimulantia. Det som slutgiltigt möjliggjorde den oheliga alliansen var ett avtal, skrivet i blod, menat att ge kristdemokraterna del i retrogardets kulturella kapital och i gengäld skänka något av den segrande kristdemokratins politiska makt, samt välsignelse och odödlighet, till tidskriften Aorta. Synar man den i dagarna framlagda kulturpropositionen ser man också att denna politiska kohandel givit utslag – inte minst genom att betydande delar av presstödet föreslås omfördelas just till tidskriften Aorta. Retrogardisterna föreslås också få upprätta en liten beväpnad milis, ett äkta garde som kommer att beväpnas av Armémuseum i Stockholm, där även retrogardets väldokumenterade antika kopplingar till auktoritära och främlingsfientliga partier kan komma väl till pass.”

Edit 1 okt: Kempe travar på i ullstrumporna och Håkan Sandell svarar på hennes ursprungliga inlägg här. Det är åtminstone skönt att se att ordet retrogardism nu försvunnit ur Kempes litania.

Wow! Really has been awhile since I have had the energy to sit down and write something.  I have sat down many times with the intention of writing a post and just could not find the strength to type it out.  The strength I speak of is not a physical one, but mental.  First let me say that health wise I am doing okay.  The aorta is not as bad as we first thought which means that for now my chest will remain in one piece and no artificial parts will be added to my insides.  I have another echocardiogram in a little more than a week and a stress test a couple days after that.  The cardiologist wants to be there for each test to ensure everything is done correctly.  These tests will be used as a baseline for future tests, so all the more reason for accurate results.  I am still taking it easy for the most part anyway.

We are still trying to get settled in the new house.  While this is the house I plan to live in until I no longer need one, I would like it if I did not have to do it out of boxes.  But as I said in the beginning of this post, the energy is just not there.  We have been having issues again with our 12 yr old bi-polar son and it is draining everyone in the house, including the other two children.  Last week he spent a few days at the only behavior health center here in Phoenix for his age.  In the three weeks of school he has been in class maybe 5 days total.  I must say that the school has been a great help and done as much as they can do, but it is hard on everyone involved.  We are all at the point that we simply want to throw our hands up and say, “I’m done!”  But this is a 12 yr old child, how can one do that.  But then you stop and think about the verbal and mental onslaught each and every day and some days multiple times a day.  It isn’t fair for anyone involved, including him. 

My loving wife is taking it the hardest.  This is her child and to see him hurt like this just tears her up inside.  Depression has spread through this house like an angry beast, unleashing its furry on anyone it can.  I know it is only by the grace of God that we have made it this far.  Our God is a good God and there have been many times that our children have questioned why these things continue to happen.  All we can do is to remind them that He is our heavenly father and He loves us very much, but he has given us the ability of free choice.  He loves us and does not want to see us hurt but we have to want to change things.  The thing is in this case we are asking a 12 yr old bi-polar child to stand up and take control of something he does not understand.  There are adults that can’t understand what is going on inside his head, how can we expect him to figure it out.

It’s so hard. Please pray!

Saved by the blood,

Donovan

Here’s a great article, one so good it makes me wish that I had written it. PalMD, who posts on the blog White Coat Underground, takes the time to describe Transposition of the Great Arteries (TGA). No matter if this is your defect or not, hustle over there and learn more. Because as PalMD says,

Heart-lung physiology is pretty cool stuff.

Hoje almocei com um velho amigo da Aorta e acabei lembrando de outro fato marcante.

11. Potentissimo giocatore

Na despedida do nosso glorioso programador e frontman italiano, um vegano que a ironia fez nascer justo numa cidade conhecida por um gigantesco queijão em sua entrada, tivemos a ideia de fazer um card. Lá pelos idos de 93 estava em voga colecionar cards do campeonato italiano de futebol. Eu mesmo fiz dois álbuns e fui numa vez no centro com minha mãe comprar os jogadores mais raros no mercado negro.

Para o card do nosso colega, fizemos uma montagem sobre outro de um jogador homônimo da Roma. Ficou bacana, até. Se bem me lembro, colocamos um textinho em italiano picareta atrás, igualzinho os originais. Tudo com a consultoria da minha chefe e esposa do legendário centrocampista. E lá pelas 17h saí pela Nossa Senhora do Carmo pra achar um lugar que desse pra plastificar.

Entregamos na cozinha, que era onde rolavam as despedidas.

Em homenagem à Aorta, pelo prêmio Multishow de ontem, resolvi elencar alguns dos dez momentos e personagens que me marcaram nessa passagem de cerca de um ano que tive por lá. Não pude contemplar todo mundo, por isso essa é só a primeira de muitas listas. Parabéns, pessoal!

10. “O Fedido”

Era assim que chamávamos a lanchonete mais próxima à Aorta. Fedia como um bar de beira de estrada. Costumo dizer que avalio a qualidade de um lugar pela aparência do seu pão de queijo e o de lá parecia um chiclete grudado em uma galocha molhada. Tudo bem que o brigadeiro era superdesenvolvido, mas isso só me faz imaginar que as baratas também seriam…

9.  Quinta é dia de galeto recheado

Fosse eu profeta, deixava naquele molho de champagne as minhas barbas. Fantástico. Não entra no Comida di Buteco porque é hors-concours. Em todos. Nunca comi um inteiro, mas metade já dava pra dar uma onda boa pro resto da tarde.

8. O buda master

AKA yoda master AKA mito AKA monstro sagrado. Quando o nosso mídia exterior caminhava pela agência, as fundações do prédio tombavam como resultado de seu fluxo energético. Perdi a conta de quantas reverências fiz a esse santo homem. Ouvi de outra lenda a notícia que ele esteve em Angola recentemente e retruquei imediatamente: como embaixador da ONU?

7.  Pingue-pongue

Já contei essa história em outras versões do Mingau. O andar abaixo do nosso ainda era vago e repleto de escombros. Vendo isso, nosso glorioso atendimento aproveitou seus momentos de folga para presentear os aorteiros com uma mesa de pingue-pongue construída com as pranchas de madeira amontoadas ali. Disputei duelos memoráveis com a galerinha de TI e com minha ex-dupla de criação.

6.  O boa-praça

Top 3 em qualquer lista que eu faça com os caras mais gente boa que já conheci. Nosso técnico de som estava sempre no estúdio, de fones, com suas indefectíveis camisas floridas, olhos levemente viajados e o jeito tranquilo que rendeu o apelido de Zeca Pagodinho que tanto divertia a Dona Marlene I.

5. A dancinha do Mito

Depois de um certo Carnaval, nosso Diretor de Criação voltou imitando o gingado impagável do então Diretor de Conteúdo. Era só ouvir o gritinho em remix “Ma-ma-ma-ma-mão na cabeça!” e virar pro canto da sala para ver uma das coisas mais engraçadas que vi nos tempos de Aorta. Pena que perdi o vídeo que fiz.

4. A Intranet

Passei um tempo à frente da Intranet da agência e fui responsável por fazer upload de todas as fotos dos membros da equipe e colocar uma legenda engraçada para descrever cada um. Tarefa politicamente espinhosa, eu sei. Mas foi muito engraçado ter carta branca pra poder zoar todo mundo.

3. Minha dona e meu sucessor

Saí em dezembro de 2007 e fui em alguns eventos aorteiros depois. Eu era o japonês de estimação da analista mobile e, não sei por que raios, meu sucessor tinha medo de me cumprimentar. Não sei se isso procede ou se eu o abordei somente em momentos ruins. Muito intrigante.

2. O andar vago

Pense em poder passar sua hora do almoço em um andar totalmente vago. Normalmente eu ia lá pra ler e espairecer à tarde, na varanda. Mas era sempre um bom lugar pra tirar uma boa soneca, passar um tempo agradável com a moçada, jogar um pingue-pongue e, er, usar um banheiro mais escondido. Toda agência poderia ter um espaço assim.

1. A despedida apoteótica

Basta dizer que eu fiz um desfile no meio da então sala de Conteúdo. Sem mais.

O PortaI iG, um dos maiores provedores de acesso à internet do país, lança em parceria com a Aorta Entretenimento, produtora de conteúdo e aplicativos para novas mídias, o serviço de alerta de e-mail mais completo do mercado desenvolvido pela Aorta. Agora, além de serviços, como o acelerador de velocidade, antivírus com um mês de assinatura gratuita e entretenimento para todas as idades, o usuário do iG Mail poderá selecionar as mensagens que quer ser avisado quando chegar na sua caixa de mensagens.

 O que é 

O iG vai enviar mensagens SMS para o celular do usuário iG Mail avisando que os e-mails já esperados chegaram na caixa de mensagens. Alinhado com o posicionamento do portal, O mundo é de quem faz, o próprio usuário cria o perfil das mensagens que quer ser avisado, define filtros, dias e horários além de quantos alertas SMS quer receber, selecionando apenas dos e-mails que desejar.

O usuário de e-mail iG não precisa mais ficar esperando na frente do computador um e-mail importante chegar. Depois de cadastrar o aparelho e definir quais mensagens quer receber, o usuário recebe o Alerta SMS e é avisado, onde estiver, pelo próprio celular, sempre que uma destas mensagens chegar em sua caixa de e-mail. O serviço estará disponível para clientes de todas as operadoras e custará apenas R$0,31 (mais impostos) por mensagem recebida no celular.

Como assinar

O internauta deve acessar sua conta iG Mail e clicar sobre o botão “Alerta de E-mail”. Em seguida, deverá fazer um login com usuário e senha. O próximo passo é cadastrar o celular desejado. Em instantes o usuário receberá uma mensagem no aparelho do celular cadastrado com um código de confirmação que deve ser digitado no campo indicado para cadastro do celular. Para finalizar, o usuário vai configurar o filtro, definindo as mensagens que quer receber, utilizando palavras-chaves, horários, dias, etc. Se o cliente não quiser mais usar o serviço, o cancelamento também pode ser feito pela internet. Basta escolher a opção cancelar e clicar “sim“ ou “não”. Se o internauta ainda não tem um iG Mail, basta criar o seu, sem custo algum.

Att sätta sig in debatten som pågår kring utställningen Figurationer blir allt svårare i takt med att både antal debattörer och forum växer. Det verkar alldeles för tidigt att summera ännu men jag tror att en uppsamling av tankar, länkar och citat som förekommit så långt kan vara på sin plats för den som ändå vill försöka.

Flera kritiker, däribland Anna Brodow Inzaina och särskilt grovt Eva Ström, har velat misstänkliggöra utställningen politiskt. Läs deras ursprungliga artiklar här och här. Åtminstone Brodow Inzaina har hittills valt att ta debatten på såväl Axess-bloggen som hos Lars Vilks samt i en radiodebatt i den norska kanalen NRK. På samtliga ställen har hon fått duktigt på pälsen utan att för den sakens skulle erkänna att hon har fel. (Ja, möjligen förutom NRK-debatten där hon faktiskt erkänner att hennes recension innehåller en “grov överdrift”) Den bästa kritiken av Brodow Inzainas och Ströms recensioner finner man hos Therese Bohman, pedagogiskt uppställt med bildcollage. Jag har själv kommenterat hur David Almer förutsett kritikernas reaktioner här.

Från min utsiktspunkt är det dock något unikt med den här debatten i och med att en etablerad kritiker gått i svaromål i en bloggdebatt. Vi har ju annars från retrogardets sida fört en hel del debatter i dagspress och tidskrifter, oftast om poesi men även om konst, men när vi rört oss i bloggosfären har det aldrig hänt att någon antagonist velat gå i svaromål (jo en: Thomas Sjösvärd). Förhoppningsvis säger det något hoppfullt om framtiden: kritiker kan inte längre komma undan med samma dumheter som tidigare, bara för att sedan gömma sig bakom tidningsredaktioner som är ovilliga att ta in svaromål, alternativt snoppa av en debatt efter bara ett inlägg och där de själva alltid får sista ordet.

Lars Vilks ser sig nu inte som en representant för den symboliska makten, utan presenterar sig som “en suspekt figur i samtidskonstvärlden”. Hans blogg har kommit att bli det huvudsakliga debattfältet med långa och intressanta inlägg av Christopher Rådlund och Håkan Sandell, exempelvis om teknikers och ideals vandring genom kulturer och geografi. Jag tycker att det förvisso varit generöst av Vilks att ställa sin blogg till förfogande som forum samtidigt som han har uppvisat en irriterande förmåga att avbryta intressanta samtal med nya inlägg, som i sig huvudsakligen utgörs av svar till kommentarer till föregående inlägg. Ett övertydligt sätt att skapa sig en fördel gentemot andra debattörer.

Vilks kritik av retrogardet och utställningen Figurationer grundar sig på en del missförstånd och sammanblandningar som jag kommenterat tidigare, här och här.

Vilks har dock haft en intressant tanke, nämligen att det är låg status att debattera retrogardism. Kanske kan det förklara varför så få velat ta debatten? För i ärlighetens namn har det rört sig om ganska få inblandade. Däremot är mängden text som producerats rätt anmärkningsvärd. När nu Johan Lundberg definierar utställningen som årets stora konstprovokation kan man kanske förvänta sig att debatten fortsätter ett tag till? Annars tror jag inte att det varit Rådlunds/Lundbergs avsikt att provocera. Snarare har man väl velat göra en bred presentation av norska klassiskt-figurativa måleriet från de senaste decennierna. Det borde inte vara provocerande.

Därmed inte sagt att utställningen inte har en agenda. Den kan ses i till exempel den här kommentaren där Christopher Rådlund lägger fram teorin om en framtid med skilda system för den klassiska konsten och annan konst, efter förebild från musikens värld. Alltså egna utbildningar, kritiker och stödsystem för klassisk konst på samma sätt som man kan lära sig både opera och jazz på universitetet idag. Kanske hade det också varit en intressant idé för litteraturens område?

En utsökt debattör, sansad och genomtänkt, har Jacob Carlson varit. Han har bland annat bidragit med tankar från konstteoretikern Denis Dutton och försiktigt prövat tanken om inte en konstnärlig upplevelse kan liknas vid en andlig upplevelse. Det är ju ingen ovanlig tanke genom kulturhistorien, men uppfriskande att se i vår samtid. För övrigt verkar Duttons idéer om konstnärliga upplevelser och praktiker i tidiga och förciviliserade kulturer tämligen intressanta för retrogardet. Jag hoppas vi får tillfälle att återkomma till dem i tidskriften Aorta.

Så vad har debatten inneburit så långt? Debattläget har blivit hårt polariserat, inte minst genom Eva Ströms faktiskt oförlåtliga anklagelser, tryckta svart på vitt i en dagstidning. Det är synd tycker jag, synd för alla de konstnärer som borde ha fått ett mer genomtänkt, mer nyanserat mottagande.

It has again been longer than I would like between posts but we have had a little going on here.  We are working on buying a house and things have just not gone the way we would like.  We are getting the house, so that is the most important thing, but we were hoping to move in tomorrow (I am writing this on Friday not sure when it will post) and that is not going to happen.  We are still waiting on papers that we can’t control and we have given it to God and we realize that there is nothing we can do to speed things up.  In a way it’s good we are not moving tomorrow but in more ways it is not so great.  We will not have my brother’s help, or any of his football buddies (they leave for football camp on Sunday) and we are not sure when we will be moving and we have to be out of this house by the 3^rd.  Soooo… We give it to the Lord and know he will provide.

On top of the house issue I am waiting to hear the results of my CT.  How is the aorta?  Do we need to replace it in 6 months?  A year?  How about 5 years?  The thought of being cut open and pulled apart just does not sound fun to me and I really am not looking forward to the whole thing.  But here again, God is in control and there is really nothing I can do about it.  I can take care of myself the best I can and listen to what the doctors have to say, but that’s about it.  There is no benefit to stressing over the situation.  It is what it is and we will take it day by day.

I see the doc on Tuesday to find out the CT results and I am going to take that time to ask how he knows it is Marfan syndrome.  After doing a bit of reading I am not sure if that is what I have or if it’s another related disorder.  In the long run it really doesn’t matter, my aorta is dilated and that is all there is to it.  But I must say that it would be nice to have a name for the thing that is changing your life rather dramatically.  Having a name for the pain seems to help one cope just a little bit better.  This was not necessarily the case after my five trips to the ER in the beginning of the year, but that was a bit different, at least for me it was.  I am sure for my family it was a big relief to have a name for what was rendering me motionless.  For me it made no difference, I was still losing control over my own body and the name meant nothing to me at the time.  It took weeks before I could even pronounce it for cryin’ out loud.  At least with this syndrome I have some time to process the information and maybe even have a thing or two that I can do to slow its progression of the heart dilation.

Well, that’s all for tonight.  Check back mid to late next week for an update on both the house and CT results.  Until then, God bless and keep the prayers comin’…

Saved by the blood,

Donovan

Well, where do I start?  It was bad enough when I was one of the lucky 100,000 to contract Guillain-Barré Syndrome and now I am a proud owner of another syndrome.  This one is not quite as rare, 1 in 5,000 are playing along this time, however it is to my understanding that it is still rather mysterious.  This winning syndrome is Marfan Syndrome.  For those that have no idea what this is I hope this will help.  According to the National Marfan Foundation, “Marfan syndrome is caused by a defect (mutation) in the gene that tells the body how to make fibrillin-1 — a protein that is an important part of connective tissue.” (http://www.marfan.org/marfan/2416/Cause/)

 Does this make me a mutant, or just defective?  I truly know that it is neither because He makes everything glorious and I am His.  I guess I would say I am just a little more worn than others. 

 I have a handful of the symptoms of Marfan but the worse is the Aortic Dilation and Aortic Regurgitation (what, my aorta vomits, really?).  For more details please visit the Heart and Blood Vessels section of Marfan.org

 Your aorta is supposed to be equal width for the entire length and mine is bulged at the root (where is connects to the heart).  All of this was discovered from and echocardiogram that was done when I was in the hospital recovering from GBS.  To get more detail on my status I have a CT scan tomorrow (July 16).  It is inevitable at this point that I will have to have this part of my aorta replaced.  Will it be this year, in 5 years, how about 10?  We don’t know and neither does the doctor.  To my understanding with Marfan it all depends on how rapidly the width of the defective part of the aorta expands.  The fear is that the wall with rupture and even if you aren’t a doctor I think you will realize this is not a good thing.

 Am I scared? You bet!  I know that doctors do procedures like this every day; however, they don’t do it on me!  I am hoping to sign papers on a house in a week and I have a beautiful wife that has done a great job taking care of me and 3 kids that don’t know about the new diagnosis because they are out of town for 3 weeks.  It is going to be hard telling them but I know they will hear what I have to say and do their best to help me when I need it and continue to love me just as they do now.

 God is good!  We may not always understand what the purpose for such an event but He has a plan.  The actions of one man affect that of another and there are lots of us on this place we call home.  A log time ago man chose independence and with that choice a whole new world was presented to us.  This is not a perfect world; it is one full of sin and consequences.  There will be a day when we are truly at home, the one our Father is preparing for us.  One were we will once again be pain free and live in His glory.  But until that day comes I am going to pray for His guidance and keep on movin’ on and live for Him the best I know how.

 Saved by the Blood,

Donovan

“Da kann man die S-Bahn auch gleich ganz einstellen!”

Die technischen Probleme der S-Bahn strapazieren gerade die Nerven vieler Berliner. Verspätungen, Ausfälle und Wartezeiten gehörten in den letzen Tagen und wahrscheinlich noch eine ganze Weile lang zum Alltag dazu. Die Berliner Boulevardzeitungen haben schon so einige Titelseiten mit Überschriften wie “Saustall S-Bahn Berlin” verziert. Die Situation ist angespannt, man ist froh wenn man überhaupt noch dahin kommt wo man hin muss. Aber Durchsagen wie diese können immer noch einen ganzen Bahnsteig zum Stöhnen bringen:

“Die Bahn Ring 42 hat voraussichtlich einige Minuten Verspätung.” (nach einigen Minuten) “Wegen eines Notarzteinsatzes ist der Zugverkehr in beiden Richtungen unterbrochen”

Normalerweise lösen solch Durchsagen eher Betroffenheit aus, da sich die meisten zusammenreimen könne, was Notarzteinsatz bedeutet. Aber diesmal ist es anders, alle sind sowieso schon genervt, und wenn der Ring unterbrochen ist, hört der Spaß auf. Ein Bekannter hat den Ring neulich als “Aorta Berlins” bezeichnet. Ohne geht es nicht, bzw. nur sehr schwer. Von daher ist auch der gereizte Ausspruch eines Rentners, man könne die S-Bahn auch gleich einstellen nicht unterstützenswert. Ich versuche also mit der U-Bahn und ohne Verwendung des Rings nach Hause zukommen. Eine Odyssee! Ich brauche doppelt so lange wie sonst und bin am Ende richtig genervt. Die S-Bahn soll endlich wieder regulär fahren! Aber ich befürchte bis dahin ist es noch ein langer Weg.

Skandalöst länge sedan jag uppdaterade, jag vet. Det har naturligtvis hänt alldeles för mycket för att rekapitulera i ett inlägg men här följer åtminstone en punktlista:

- Regionen har beslutat om de nya treåriga kulturstrategiska uppdragen för Västra Götaland. Efter deras genomlysning av uppdragen föregående år har jag förstått deras vilja till förändring men oturligt nog slår det mot båda mina jobb som drabbas av nedskärningar. Exakt vad det kommer att innebära för verksamheten är något som klarnar först under hösten då vi inleder förhandlingar med regionen. Tjänstemännens förslag ligger ute och beslutet följer i stort sett det. Ni kan läsa mer här, klicka på “Kallelse och handlingar” 2009-06-18 för att läsa hela förslaget.

- Semester. Blott tre veckor men de börjar med något så fint som en samlingsutställning för det norska figurativa måleriet på Edsviks konsthall. Ett stort 30-årigt retrospektiv kan förstås bara visa utsnitt ur den livaktiga norska scenen som varit så avgörande för Aorta och retrogardet men förarbetet verkar ambitiöst och jag ser mycket fram emot händelsen. Läs mer här. Utställningen börjar 1 juli.

- På tal om Aorta – vi har fått den första recensionen. Läs mer här.

- Inom kort kommer jag att lägga ut information om de böcker som fortfarande finns till salu från mitt bokförlag. Det rör sig i första hand om diktantologin Urblå natt samt ett antal mindre översättningsvolymer i Sylfidserien, bland annat av Nuala ni Dhomnaill och Patrick Cotter.

A. 32 cms/sec

B. 64 cms/sec

C. 8 cms/sec

D. 50 cms/sec

There is a new report out that could be a little frightening: If a person has a Bicuspid Aortic Valve (In other words, the Aortic Valve has two flaps instead of the normal three), that person’s close relatives need to have an examination. As many as 32% of them could have an enlarged Aorta.

An enlarged Aorta could turn into an Aortic Dissection, which is a fancy term meaning that the Aorta unravels. Clemson University swimmer Amy Moxie suffered an Aortic Dissection while jogging on campus; she collapsed and died a short time later.

Enlarged Aortas do not always lead to Aortic Dissection, and I’m not one to shout gloom and doom. But both conditions are almost undetectable, you usually have to actually be looking for them to notice something. (Aortic Dissection causes sudden severe pain in the chest or back, but by that time the Aorta has already torn.) So if you think you are susceptible, why not have the medical tests done and perhaps save your own life?