Mar 23, 2016
“Don’t just reach into the chest cavity and grab it as you would an apple: It will slip between your fingers, bruise, even tear. Slide your hand behind the heart until you can feel your knuckles graze the smooth pericardial sac encasing it. Once the organ is centered in your palm, lift up. Always cradle it in two hands. Squeeze the pinkie sides of your palms together, overlapping your fingers as if you are scooping up water to drink.”
“Be in the right frame of mind: gentle but not afraid, self-assured but not cocky. A flaccid heart is so fragile that you can put a finger through it…
Don’t expect all hearts to look and feel the same.”
How to Hold a Heart
