The day went so well.... I was almost shocked by the Doctor's call back this afternoon that a blockage was found...and he could not give me clearance for the surgery set for the 24th until he can do an Angiogram on me to see the % of the blockage. He said he understood how important it was to not delay the cancer surgery....but He felt that what he saw in the test results could potentially cause me to have a heart attack during the surgery. I tell ya I'm shaking my head!!!! For how God is just opening up so much to me right now...it sorta hard to take it all in . . . . A lot to process!!!
I actually had 3 procedures done today. . . . and they all went so smooth......with no problems at all!
It was my first time for an IV Nuclear Stress Test (seriously I don't know why anyone would walk that treadmill, with this procedure available)..... only the first minute of it was really scarey and took my breath away....but I had no chest pain or heaviness.....after that it went smooth sailing all the way up to the end. I had no indication while doing the test at all that there was a blockage!
So now Tuesday ~ March 17th. . . . I am scheduled to have an Angiogram....if the blockage is 50% or less,,,,he is not going to stint it and allow the surgery to go on as planned..... but if it is greater than 50% blocked he will put in a stint.....and then the surgery will have to be postponed....because I need at least 2 weeks to heal from the implanted stint, before rescheduling the surgery. I really have no clue why all of the mishaps. And talking with the Oncologist's Nurse today it seems that the Doctor's schedule is so tight that it may take another month to be put back on the her surgery calender. But we'll cross that bridge when we get to it. First we have to get pass this Angiogram on next Tuesday and see what is going to happen with that.
By the way let me say what a great group of people work at this Heart Clinic in Slidell. Very caring and considerate people.....who care about their patient's. And I would highly recommend Dr Morales to anyone looking for a good Heart Doctor who specializes in Arrhythmias.
Ok....so with all that said. . . . here's the part where I write....BUT GOD. . . . .
I have to tell you how the day at the Heart Clinic went...because it was quiet amazing. How almost from the very beginning of stepping into the Clinic God's favor was on me....I actually felt it. Something you need to understood first off..... is because of my upcoming surgery I was added to their already overflowing work load that was already scheduled for this day....so they were actually suppose to be working me in, in between patients who already had appointments...and I was told (because they would be working me in between other patients, that I would probably be there 4 hours. So feeling gratefully I was even there at all....Harold and I went up to the front waiting room to wait till they would call my name.... in fact after getting comfortable on the Waiting Room sofa and putting my ear pods in my ears to listen to some Praise and Worship Music, I was typing a message on my iphone to send to FB about the long wait we would probably have. I didn't even get to finish typing out the message ans send it.....when we heard one of the Tech's coming down the hall saying very loudly.... Ms Morgan where are you....Ms Morgan....(this guys was so funny ...he reminded me of Mark Lowery ( the comedian with the Gathier's...he even resembled him...and sounded just like him...very wired personality and loud speaking...oh and by the way coincidentally his name was Marc)..... I turned when the door open to see why he was looking for me and he said ...."This is your lucky day. . . . . your going first!" . . . . I have no idea how that happened because there were 2 men with IV's already in their arms when we walked in the clinic who looked ready to start their procedures. . . . . So Harold and I hurried up off the sofa and followed Marc to the back to get my IV put in and the Nuclear meds administered. I have to now tell you about how easily marc was able to get the needle in my arm ..I have very small veins...and usually nurses have to put IV's in my hands....but because of the AFib just last week....my veins on my hands were still all bruised and unusable. So he kept feeling my arm and tapping to find a vein...thinking he found something...he pulled out this huge needle......and I could see Harold's eyes get big as saucers as he saw the needle too.... I said...."Marc they never can use a needle that big on me...they use those tiny little needles." He said "No it has to be this needle!..... before I could even argue the fact that he was not going to able to use that needle on me....he had it in and switched it out with the plastic tube and was taping up my arm..... I was shocked....I didn't even feel the stick. Honestly... It was so strange.... it was like for 20 seconds everything went in fast motion and I missed the stick of him putting it in my arm!
So from there we went into marc's office to do the first set of pictures with the Echogram. it took about 20 mins,,,,, then from there he rushed me over to another room where a Nurse named Shelia was waiting for me. . . . Guess what the first thing is that she says to me as Harold and I walk in. . . . She flashes this beautiful smile at me and says. . . "I prayed for you before you got here!" . . .I was like. . . . "Thank You <3'... and I looked at Harold with a huge grin on my face and said, "Yep....we're in the right place!" I was so comfortable after that awesome welcome....I had no fear ...I got up on the table and she started hooking me up tp all the lines....and then the Cardiologist's nurse practitioner, Carol, came in the oversee the test....to make sure I didn't Afib during it. When the test started I reached for her hand and she grabbed mine and talked me through that first awful minute when my vessels were being dilated in my heart and lungs....it literally took my breath away and I was gasping for air....but started using my breathing technique.....which calm me down and enabled me make it through the last 30 seconds before the test started getting easier to tolerate. After that Carol left the room and it was just me and Shelia.... I talked with her about how much I appreciated the way she greeted me when I first got there and how grateful I was for her prayers for me.... I told her about the recent cancer diagnoses I had been given and the reason why I was there getting the stress test. She started praying out loud for me speaking to the cancer in my body and praying about the pending surgery....it was amazing.... then she shared with me her testimony and how in that room right where she was standing she had a heart issue one day and went from nurse to patient in a matter of seconds.witha heart rate of 268.. the doctor and nurses rushed in to work on her on the very table I was laying on. And she said see that coroner over there....and pointed up to the ceiling over in the corner to the left of me .....She said that's where I was while the doctor was working on me. . . . I said..."You had an out of body experience?" She said , "I sure did.....I don't know if I was leaving this world at that moment and God wasn't ready for me.... But I was literally up there looking at me on the table your laying on right there!". . . .She said that was the day she became a true believer. She ...I always believed in God...But after that day I knew what my mission was...I grew in great compassion for every patient I saw after that,,,,and I pray for each one before they even enter this room."......We shared scripture with each other and said we would never forget God crossing our paths ....after standing up .....we hugged very tight. . . and both of us almost at the same time said. . .."I'll see you in heaven one day!" It was an amazing witness to me that God is so in control of my days.
Next I was off to Room #2 where there was a pretty young woman, about 25.....who was not exactly unpleasant....but wasn't wanting to connect with me on a personal level at all...she was just there doing her job.. ...in fact she didn't even make eye contact with when I walked into the room ...just gave me a gown and told me to disrobe and get up on the table........she turned off the light (she was going to be doing an Ultra Sound of my heart) . . . . But because I was on my left side and turned facing her her...I was able to study her face with the glow of the Ultra Sound machine screen in her face. She was a pretty girl with long blonde hair....sorta acting a little airy with me. Until the test was over and she had to help me up and off the table....I was feeling a bit unbalanced and so she helped to hold on to me and steady my stand as I redressed myself . . .the room was very small and she and I are practically face to face as she helping me to not fall as I'm dressing... and then she made eye contact with me.....and I saw in her eyes an open door..... I knew God was giving me an opportunity to speak life into this young woman's heart.... I told her about the cancer diagnoses....and immediately her face softened and there was compassion in her voice as she siad..."Oh I'm so sorry." . . I told her how "God sometimes allows things into our lives that seem really bad. . .But because He loves us so much....He always has a plan to use them for something really good." . . .and I said, " Always remember... no matter how bad things are , , , God always provides us a way to escape." . . . And she hugged me before leaving the room. It was just a couple seeds sown ...but she was definitely attentive..... and I believe God will send someone to water those seeds....and God will bring the increase.
The it was back to Marc's room for the last set of pictures of my heart...which only lasted about 10 minutes.....on his computer screen he had the Gaither Homecoming Show playing and he was signing to one of the gospel songs that Sheri Easter was singing..... God put it on my heart while I was having to be still and quite to share with him what all of the people I'd seen prior to coming back to him had said about him.....They said he was a great Co- Worker and they so much appreciated him being their Co- Worker.... that he had such an upbeat and positive spirit , that he really made there days so much easier on their jobs. He was so humbled by what I said that his kinda wired, hyper personality quieted down and he had a look on his face like he didn't realize they felt like that.......I told him I saw God's glory in his face....and I could see how they would love having him around them everyday..... he said...."Thnak You so much for sharing that with me....I really appreciate it!"
The test were all finished and I was given the ok to leave..... what we first told was it would take probably 4 hours ...because I would be on a in a holding patterned getting these 3 procedures done in between other's appointments. . . . because they were fitting me in to get the clearance for my surgery. In only 2 hour from start to finish we were walking out the door.....(we got there at 8:45 and walked out the door at 10:45) . . . All because God put it on this man Marc's heart to show me favor....and rushed me through first. It was a wonderful day of ministry over me and an opportunity (Open Doors) for me to minister to them as well.....
God's fingerprints were all over today :)
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Now I'm beginning to understand that had the cancer not showed up I would not have had the stress test that found the blockage..... perhaps God was protecting me from a fatal heart attack in my future. My Brother Cliff had a major heart attack. . . .My twin brother has stints.....and my maternal Grandfather died of a massive heart attack. So actually, in a a sense, the cancer has been a blessing or sorts.....because I would have never known I even had a problem had I not been doing these test for the clearance for the surgery.
His promises are forever true..... Romans 8:28 ~ "ALL things work together for good to those who love the Lord and are called to His purposes."
