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Needless to say, I am very excited for my upcoming birthday in two weeks because it means I will get to spend some good quality time in the Operating Room and UMC. As most of you know, these past two weeks have been very slow; however, I did come across something pretty amazing...and startling when I visited the transplant conference the other morning. At the conference, Jack Copland and a variety of other doctors were discussing a gentleman whose heart was on the right side of his body. Now I hope that most of you know that most peoples hearts are on the left side of their bodies because there are some pretty significant advantages to that. For one, your main arteries that run to the brain aren't crossed...and for another, well it just makes for sense.

This is what a normal heart should look like:

Well, not only was this guys heart on the wrong side of his body, it was also inverted...as in his left ventricle was where his right ventricle should have been and vice versa. All I can say is that its super bizarre, especially since this person hasn't had too many out of the ordinary heart problems up until now.

In any case, I will keep you all posted on more neat and gross and bizarre things I come across in the next few weeks. Let me know if you have any questions about how the heart works or anything else along those lines.

Peace!