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My Parents' Role in My Relationship With My ACHD

by Meredith Gallo on Thursday, Aug 29, 2019

My fragility is something of a running joke in my family. The Easter after my aortic valve was replaced with a mechanical valve, my siblings and I were preparing for our annual, hyper-competitive Easter egg hunt. As my brother and I lunged at the same Hershey’s Easter egg, my mom, worried about how easily I bruise now that I was on Coumadin, screamed, “Watch out, she’s fragile!” My memory fades at this point, but I’m pretty sure my brother got the chocolate. It didn’t take long for my siblings to take hold of the phrase, “She’s fragile,” and turn it into one of the objectively better jeers my family has produced. 

 

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