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The Electric Tube Heart Show

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The Electric Tube Heart Show             "Based on the echo, there seems to be a slight thickening of the heart muscle." My doctor said.              My pulse quickened.             "It looked normal on the EKG, and on the results I'd read." I added.             My doctor's normally buoyant nature was absent, as was the light in her eyes. Instead, her pupils looked black, and her manner was serious. She had commented previously that I was, "Ready for 2016 to be over," and that was true.             Now, she wanted to make sure I didn't suffer a heart attack, just as my mother did two years ago. While it wasn't the cause of her death, her heart condition certainly didn't help.             "This is a CYA situation." Doc said. "We have to schedule an MRI just to be sure."             It was rescheduled for the 30th of December. I was nervous as hell. Just like the EKG in 2015, I was to