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all those years ago he had open heart surgery in his youth. the doctors said it was the riskiest operation they had ever done. given his condition they advised him against it, encouraging him instead to change his lifestyle, to manage the pain with medication, to even consider leaving the country for warmer climates, but stubbornly he declined. his medical team had the best surgeons rotating in and out for ten hours that rainy saturday in his hometown. the good news is he survived, he made it through the trial, and his friends and family say he’s doing well now. what they removed was somehow stained on every wall, every artery, every chamber in his heart. did he ever tell you what it was? it was the one who got away

(THE DIARY OF EDDY MOOD)
—jk montane