[stylist] Plot input.

[James Canaday M.A. N6YR]

oh Alan,
I left this part out:
the transplant of exchanging hearts would be necessary for the 
genetic differences so that each recipient's body wouldn't be 
continuing the autoimmune attack on the heart.

and yes, it is pretty far fetched that a living person becomes a 
donor for a heart, but your scenario here is the best I can conceive 
of for that.
jc

Jim Canaday M.A.
Lawrence, KS

At 12:18 AM 9/3/2009, you wrote:
>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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