2019

So much has happened in 2019!

Of course, it all revolves around my heart and its problems.

In February I had another heart attack!  And it was a bad one!  In fact, I did not recover from it.  Randomly, my heart began failing.  As the year progressed, the failures came be more frequent.  But the hospital just wrote me off as a complainer!  Finally in August, after a particularly bad event - Gaelic Girl marched into my heart doctor’s office and confronted him, face to face!

He was so embarrassed, that he reopened my files.

By the time he was done with me, they had found the problem, a blocked artery in my heart.

Further testing showed four of the arteries were blocked and I had a bad valve as well!

They installed four stents to reopen the arteries - but the failures continued.

So I was scheduled for open heart surgery in October!

My heart continued to grow weaker and by the time of surgery my heart failed four times the day before!

If that was not enough excitement, my lungs failed in August and I was on pressurized air just to breathe!

I could not sleep either, for I would choke by even leaning backwards!

And I could not talk as I could only say, Yes and No.

Sigh …….

On the day of surgery, the doctor again recounted at how there was little hope for success, death was almost assured!

However, the drugs they used on me put me in a coma!

I came out of the coma two days later with no surgery done!

They thought I would die, so just waited!  Really?!!!!?

Sigh ……

So a week later they tried again.

When they cut into my chest, again, the major artery ruptured and a blew a nickel sized hard ball of whatever the blockage was - at the doctor!  He was filming and so has a movie of this!  By the next day, everyone in the nursing stations had copies of it on their computers!

And the blockage contained four stents!

Four arteries had to be replaced in the heart and a valve clipped (not sure what this means).

I spent a month recovering from this.

Then somehow my left foot was badly chemically burned!

No idea how.  I know I did not do it!

So, I have been in recovery from this since the end of November and at least 3 to 6 months more to go!

Large parts of the bottom of the foot had to be removed and are now re-growing!

Sigh …….

So, God certainly has been with me - just too many opportunities to die not happening!

Most people in my church are in awe at just how true this is!

Of course, those whom think I really am Satan - still do…..

Last week, my mind finally cleared enough to think again.

In fact I can see how my mind began to fail 12 years ago!          

Probably the oxygen issue but I was unaware of it at the time.

I am just glad 2019 is finally over!

And I am on the rebound.