Blessed Hands

Friday I was with Michele at the grocery store and a little movement in the upper left chest got my attention. I went and sat down, took a nitro for my heart, it still had my attention. Fifteen minutes later I took another nitro and we went home. Upon reaching home, Jennifer called my hear t Dr. and we made an emergency appointment. We proceeded that afternoon ,upon getting there we went thru the normal heart test. They said I needed to go to the hospital on Wednesday to have a cath done to see if I had another blocked vessel blocked. I already have 2 stents. We made the appointment to go the hospital. The Dr said if it becomes worst come to the hospital as soon as possible. Well, I tried to keep a low key thru out the weekend, but Sunday, I felt no energy, two wonderful men from my church came over to give me a blessing. They could see I was going downhill , so they convinced Jennifer and me to go to the hospital. They took me back quickly and started an iv, because i was dehydrated and ran all kinds of test. They moved the cath appointment until the next morning.

My Dr-- Johns, was to do the cath. He is a nice Dr that you can trust. After the cath started he was only there about 10 minutes when he decided he had seen enough. I knew this was too soon and he wasn't even saying anything about a stent. I felt something he saw was going to be talked about. In another room , I saw him and as he walked toward me , he asked where Jennifer was. Well at that time I knew that he had something to discuss. When we got Jennifer , Dr Johns said "you need a triple heart bypass" well the shock was like a tingle all over my body. Jennifer was tearing up and I thought I'm not strong enough for this and I'm going to lose my family. He said we were going to get thru this because he knew the best surgeon. I guess that's what they tell you so you can calm down, but since I trusted him. he made us feel better about it.

All these test had to be run and also keep me calm. It was told to us about the bypass by the surgeon. He had done triple bypasses every day. A vein would come out of my right leg and a site would be placed in my neck so they wouldn't have to stick me as much. All scary because this has never happen to me before.

Well the day before surgery, in walks this tall, gentle man with a crisp white coat on and it was the surgeon that was going to do the operation. His name was Dr Christopher he spoke softly and extended his hand to introduce himself. He was so gentle in his manner that I felt at ease just talking to him. He sat beside my bed and explained everything and then he asked if I had and questions, he would take as long as he needed to make me feel ok. All I said is I know that your hands must be blesses by God to be able to do this type of surgery. He looked at his hands and said he was sure he could do this. I told him I know that God had given him the talent to learn and do this so he must be good at it. I felt at ease and confident that this man had blessed hands.

It's a long process to get better , but to keep in mind that this man had my heart in his hands and repaired the damage. How can anyone not believe that God is with us each day, hour, minute, second. He gives talent to all and blesses the one that use for others. There are parts of your body that you can live without, but the heart is not one of them. When your heart stops, you are finished with this life. To have a man go to school, learn and do surgery on your heart and put it back in your body, to make it work again, well that Dr. has blessed hands.

Thank you God for giving Dr. Christopher this talent and help me to serve you better.

amen

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