Holding the Human Heart

Posted by John Lee, with thanks to Janet Choi at Soulpancake

THE team at SoulPancake come up with some fantastic videos that always manage to look at life in a fun, humorous and/or uplifting way.

And this interview by Janet Choi – with cardiothoracic surgeon, Kathy E. Magliato MD, MBA, FACS – is certainly no different.

Kathy E. Magliato MD and SoulPancake's Janet Choi

In the roughly seven-minute recording, Kathy tells us just what it’s like ‘Holding the Human Heart’ every day of your working life.

But far from being a purely clinical look at heart surgery, she reveals the more spiritual and emotional aspects played by this vital organ.

She covers the kinds of worries experienced by transplant patients and their relatives and the phenomenon of ‘Broken Heart Syndrome’.

She tells the story of how her own life was changed by caring for a baby until she passed away only 11 days after her birth.

Perhaps most surprisingly, Kathy tells of her belief that the human soul resides within the heart, and when the heart stops, the soul is gone.

It’s a wonderfully moving video and well worth a look. Click on the link below to be taken to the original recording.

http://tiny.cc/34ux0w