Naming our implanted devices

I have named my defibrillator "Skippy" - little tiny dude with little tiny paddles ready to squeak "clear" as needed. Someone suggested I name him something more profound or dramatic like Phoenix from the ashes. I said I had plenty of drama around all this without that type of statement. i was looking for something a little more friendly or lighthearted (no pun intended).

Then i posted to SCA - the online community for Sudden Cardiac Arrest - and yes, many people name their devices. We anthropomorphize to humanize it all or make it seem somewhat more gentle, I suppose.

My favorites from my like-hearted souls - one inexplicably calls hers "Eleanor" but my favorite of all - Trigger. Not sure why I like it so much but I do

Trigger and Skippy - telling.

New Normal

I have received some wonderful responses from others who are grappling with having survived this or some other near-death experience. With mine, based on what I know so far, you survive or not based on one thing - how long it takes to get shocked with paddles. And now, with a "personal defibrillator" in my chest, I have adjustments to make.

Adjusting to the fact that something close to sheer luck has me alive with minimal consequences; I can find little to no data on the likelihood of recurrence; I don't know yet what it will be like for the device to "fire", though I have heard it is decidedly unpleasant.

Finding my "new normal".