Has This Ever Happened to You?

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Author: Sue Ranscht

Having survived valve repair surgery and an experimental cardiac bypass at age 5, three years before it was an accepted medical procedure, Susan grew into the size of her overworked and enlarged heart. Maybe she thought she had enough to give it away -- twice. Both times, she had to retrieve the shattered pieces and puzzle them back together. She thanks her Dad for the only advice of his she ever followed to the letter: "Never get married. Learn to take care of yourself." So of course she is a writer. Susan has co-written a YA SciFi novel, and has three more novels in various stages of evolution. She's had several short stories published in other people's anthologies, some of which were contest-related. Let her tell you a story...

4 thoughts on “Has This Ever Happened to You?”

      1. No! I actually never have! Isn’t that weird? My youngest did once though when she was about nine, and described it as though she had died and come back to life.
        I never would have thought of passing out for your post – what a great way you have of describing things! 🙂 xoxox

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        1. It’s happened to me three times. What your daughter described is exactly the thing. When I came to the first time, I was struck by the realization that if I had died then, if that nothing had been death, I never would have known it.

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