[stylist] Plot input.

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

Dear Alan,
Amy  beat me to it, but the scenario of two people having an 
autoimmune heart condition and both needing transplants isn't so far fetched.
without involvement of diabetes, if instead they as a couple traveled 
to a part of the world with a Scarlet fever outbreak, and both 
contracted it.  later, they were both found to have heart valve 
problems and an autoimmune rejection process going on.  now, a little 
less plausible is that they would actually be able to be donors for 
each other's hearts.
but here's a good intro on the Rheumatic fever issue:
http://www.illness-disease.com/rec/364-Rheumatic-fever/

for the two of them to be potential heart donors to each other and 
make it a bit more plausible, they need to have the same blood type, 
be generally the same size, and there are a couple dozen  titers in 
blood matching.  but some of that could be covered by maybe putting 
them both into a religious/ethnic minority together I think.

Alan, I'm recovering from congestive heart failure, my heart 
literally pumps twice what it did five years ago.  back then, I was a 
few months away from living in the hospital and waiting for transplant.

in my case, and I think in most, docs try hard to save the heart 
rather than going quickly to transplant.  transplant has a lot of risks.

now, as to your plot, it is a great one and don't let anybody talk 
you out of it!  there are good reasons why even ancient greeks 
thought that the heart was the seat of all emotion.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS


At 04:48 AM 8/31/2009, you wrote:
>I have an idea for a short story I want to write, but I want input 
>on the strength of the overall idea.  Is it plausible, or am I 
>asking the reader to suspend disbelief too much?
>
>Here's the idea, a couple (I haven't determined married or just 
>lovers) is struggling with communicating with and understanding each 
>other.  In a strange twist of fate, one (or both) have a heart 
>condition that allows them to participate in an experimental surgery 
>to literally swap hearts.  The procedure is a success, but as they 
>go the recovery from the surgery, they disover that they now more 
>deeply understand each other.  Granted, yes, I know, something of a 
>fairy tale, but isn't that what some literature is meant to be?
>
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