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ROBYN O'NEIL · May 22, 2026

My Heart Surgery Anniversary Trip, Day 1 & 2

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ROBYN O'NEIL · ROBYN O'NEIL

I’m writing you from my hotel room in Bellingham, Washington.

A year ago yesterday, I lay on a metal table while surgeons stitched a new valve into my heart. Nine incisions. Hours on the heart-lung machine — my blood flowing through a device older than I am. Wild to be here now, breathing on my own, buying nerdy merch hats.

The Salish Sea and its inhabitants, Me in my orca era 🤓, huge flowers in Anacortes, and current reading: Jason Molina: Riding with the Ghost by Erin Osmon.

Day 1
I left home mid-morning a…

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