Complications

My first day off on vacation, flying east on the plane, and I'm still downloading data from work into a poem; what a way to relax!

Turbulence

Versus laminar flow,

Creating eddies where

Velocity slows,

With platelet aggregation

Plus an endothelial trigger,

Clot formation should begin

Or blood loss gets bigger.

A late complication?

Toes fall off,

When you blast out

A sneeze or a cough,

Secondary

To the distal thrombus,

Near the bifurcation

Of the plantar rhombus.

Interventions and complications

Are like evil cousins,

Preferably avoided as long as possible

Sometimes showing up in dozens,

One must be always vigilant

Keep an eye out for those slippery snakes,

And after a few exposures

You'll have what it takes.

Fibril-late;

7/2/14