What it’s like to hold your own heart

Atlas Obscura:

Every time he returns to the hospital, the 74-year-old retired sales and marketing professional contemplates whether or not he should pop in to give his old heart a visit.

Because at Baylor University Medical Center, Bell can do something very few people will ever be able to experience: hold his own heart in his hands.

“It was fairly emotional, that first encounter,” Bell, who lives in Fort Worth, recalls. “I can’t actually explain why. I was just almost overcome with emotion when I was able to hold it.”

This would be incredibly weird, creepy, and emotional.



3 thoughts on “What it’s like to hold your own heart”

  1. Hacked? What is it with this World Weekly News Reality Show click bait content? Not The Loop we’ve known and loved. Very disconcerting.

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