God Answers Prayers

First, I'd just like to thank everyone that reached out! Ya'll, I couldn't have felt more supported by the community that God has given me! It's so much bigger than what's in front of my face.

Second, I am so sorry for all the loss that has been suffered. Many that reached out after reading my last blog about my dad shared their own painful stories with me, and for that, I am forever grateful. My hurts aches with yours because I know it never gets easier, but you learn to "deal" with it.

After airing my grievances with God and opening my heart to the facebook world and asking for my praying people to pray, I slept fitfully. I mean, my dad was back in the hospital for the second time in less than a month. Sleep was when he was with us, even though I don't see him...it's just. I don't know you get so used to someone being there that when they aren't for a bad thing, it's intense. Plus I had just talked to old friends and gotten new recommendations for doctors to check into and things I should suggest to my mom that sound scary.

So Friday I had vowed to myself I wouldn't go to the hospital. I was being a brat, but I didn't want to see my dad so sad and out of it again. I had told my mom I didn't plan on going to the hospital unless I needed to but she said it was up to me.

After work, I looked at the hospital looming 4 blocks away...yes I work about a half mile from the hospital my dad was at. So I called my mom and told her I was on my way. I got to the room not long after and there were two doctors checking in on my dad. One was his cardiologist and one was a new guy. The new doctor was an answer to a prayer. I heard him talking about the GI tract and then looked at his name tag and realized he was the doctor a friend had raved about the night before! About how he was so detailed and thorough and thought of things other people didn't and on and on! And this angel-man is standing next to us talking to my dad.

We got good and bad news. The good news is the old scans from a month ago diagnosed the "probably" problem. My dad's intestinal arteries weren't getting enough blood due to the narrowing of said arteries. Yay! We found something, but with all good news comes a big but. His arteries compensated and tried to re-route his blood flow so he didn't feel the problems of the lack of flow til now. This is probably the reason our primary doctor didn't say it was something to worry about, but when the problem didn't resolve and his electrolytes kept jumping up and down...well at least the first doctor had the man parts to call a second opinion.

Where do we go from here? More doctors. A new kind we haven't been introduced to yet- a vascular doctor. The options seem to be a stent which many heart blockage patients get and is kinda scary because every procedure has its risks, but the other is a bypass. That's a little more intense.

Here's to hoping and praying that since God gave us one great answer He'll just keep 'em rolling and we can have the valedictorian of vascular doctors!

This is quite the roller-coaster of emotions and today, I'm kind of numb to it all. I've been going 100miles ahead all day until I sat down for this. I hate not having REAL answers and while your staying in the hospital, all you do is wait. It's like you have a doctor's appointment Monday, but you still have to wait in the little room until then, so it feels like so much longer.

Thank you again for all the prayers and well wishes.

My love,
Maggie Mae