> the pyloric sphincteric

Fun fact: I had pyloric stenosis as an infant. IIRC, this condition tends to hit first born males of which I am one.

Dearest mother kept bringing me into the hospital. "He keeps throwing up no matter what." She kept being told the "oh you're just a new mother" song until finally one doctor switched on a lightbulb to check something out.

Next thing is that I'm this infant on an adult stretcher being prep'd for surgery.

My oldest scar.

I swear if I was born 100 years earlier I'd be dead by starvation at no fault of anything but medical innovation.