Yesterday I watched a man's heart beat in his chest. I could see the valves open and close, watch the blood flow, see the heart rate changed as the man's breathing changed. It was fascinating. The coolest part was that it was my own heart.
Not that echocardiograms are new. It's just fascinating when these things are so "close to home". I've seen a bunch of fetal ultrasounds and my feeling was always "that's neat". Contrast that to seeing an ultrasound of your own unborn child - well, I'm not such a wordsmith where I can accurately convey the emotional upwelling and wow factor of it.
It's funny, because I expect that if it's part of your job to do echo's then I'm sure that there is no magic to it. It would just be another day at the office. It's funny how easily the fantastical can become mundane.
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