When your life-support machine fails while you're on vacation: A personal account
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Summary
A personal narrative about the author's week-long vacation in Santa Fe being disrupted by a critical failure of the medical machinery/software that keeps them alive. The author describes the stress, decision-making challenges, and logistical nightmare of dealing with a life-support system failure while away from home, ultimately resolving the situation upon returning to LA.
Key quotes
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I just got home to LA, and the situation is now resolved. But it was super fucking annoying!!
I know a lot of people whose lives depend on access to medicine. I know fewer other people whose lives also depend on the machinery and software use
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