fuckyeahmedicalstuff:

In March of last year, Craig Lewis, 55, was dying from a heart condition that caused build-ups of abnormal proteins, and not even a pacemaker could help save his life.

But two doctors from the Texas Heart Institute proposed a revolutionary new solution – install a ‘continuous flow’ device that would allow blood to circulate his body without a pulse.

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— Haruki Murakami (via picalla)

my favorite bottle of expensive hair oil (that I can only get back home) somehow broke and spilled all over the top of my dresser…

thankfully for my sanity and for those around me, I called my dear Mother and she understood my personal tragedy and was able to console me. I’m fine for now, but as for my poor hair…