True demonstration of burning love

Usually, the phrase “I have a burning love for you” is merely metaphorical. However, as doctors discovered during heart surgery in Australia, a heart can actually be on fire.

The patient was undergoing surgery to repair a tear in his aorta wall. The patient had COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease) which causes the chest to contain air-filled blisters which the doctors punctured. During surgery, he received extra oxygen. When a surgical instrument the uses heat inadvertently ignited a dry surgical pack near the patient’s chest, the oxygen-rich chest cavity erupted into a flash fire.

Luckily, the doctors quickly put out the fire and the patient suffered no harm.

Elizabeth Llorente, Surgical tool, oxygen sparked flash fire in patient’s chest during open heart surgery, doctors say, FoxNews.com, June 3 2019.