I still ask that you continue to pray for my left lung. We are unsure of why but it still has not opened up. The doctors lowered my medicines a second time and my blood pressure has started to even out some these past few days which is wonderful! As for my incision not much has changed. It seemed to be healing up but the doctor still had concern for the stability of my sternum. Wednesday when I was in Cincinnati for my 1 month cardio check up I received a call from the surgeon saying he wanted to do surgery right away to remove the wires from my sternum. He feels that they are causing the fevers and wound and believes that the only way for me to heal would be to have surgery again. However while I was at the cardiologist I explained the matter to him and he felt as if that was the craziest thing he had ever heard. As you can imagine this out me in a difficult position not knowing which doctor to follow and whether or not to have the surgery. With the indecisiveness I have contacted Dr Dearani at the Mayo Clinic. Since he is the one who did the original surgery he is going to be making the decision for what the next step is. Please pray for him to have wisdom as he reviews my tests and makes this decision. He ordered a CT Scan for tomorrow and when he receives the results from that he will make the final decision.
As you can see there has definitely been some valley moments since my last post. However I need to also express how wonderful it has been to have some mountain top moments. Along this bumpy road God has constantly reminded me that He is right here with me. And occasionally just because He can He adds in some extra special blessings. These past weeks I have just been overwhelmed with how wonderful He is and the wonderful friends He has placed in my life.
Last weekend a group of friends from my church came up to visit. It was so wonderful to spend some time with them! While laughing hurts somethin terrible it was so good to laugh with friends again and be reminded of how blessed I am to have them! I am so thankful for their each of them giving up their weekend to come up here and spend it with me! I have been blessed with the best friends!
This past week was full of blessings as well! Thursday because my heart check up was in Cincinnati I was able to stop by my church and give a testimony of all that the Lord is doing in my life now. It was so wonderful to see my church family again. Having not seen them since August you can imagine how excited I was to catch up with my friends and family in that area. After coming back to my parents Friday morning I was quite worn out but overwhelmed at how wonderful it was to have seen my friends. Saturday morning I receieved yet another blessing as some friends from Milford drove up to visit for the day! I can't tell you how big of a blessing it has been have the Money and Ziemer families in my life! They have invested so much into my life I am just so thankful for all they have done for me!
Yesterday was a particularly difficult day. I was just completely worn out! My parents are out of town so it has just been my little brother and I here which has been fun but very tiring! My fever came back again yesterday and my pain was abnormally strong. Yet again I found myself in a valley moment. Not because anything bad was happening but I was just simply having a rough day. But just the time when I was getting down is when God reminded me that I am not alone. I received these pictures from the singles group at my church last night. And was reminded that I am not alone! I am so thankful for all of you who have prayed for me and supported me! Words really can't express how much of a blessing y'all have been.
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