2023-10-06 10:26:40 <KipIngram   > One of my daughters successfully defended her PhD dissertation yesterday afternoon.  :-)
2023-10-06 10:29:25 <drakonis    > nice
2023-10-06 10:32:52 <veltas      > Congrats to her
2023-10-06 10:34:34 <KipIngram   > Thank you - I'm proud of her.  It's work that has high potential to help people too - biomedical engineering work around improving artificial heart related technology.
2023-10-06 10:35:17 <veltas      > Very impressive
2023-10-06 10:35:25 <KipIngram   > Specifically around a thing called a "left ventricular assist device," LVAD.
2023-10-06 10:45:29 <thrig       > lvad the impala
2023-10-06 10:46:25 <KipIngram   > lmao...
2023-10-06 10:54:18 <crc         > I have a cousin who has been living with an LVAD for a little over 8 years now
2023-10-06 10:55:44 <KipIngram   > One thing I learned that was interesting is that there are "small details" about how the surgeon installs it that can have significant effect on probability of complications.