Ladies,

I just got home from the hospital. Monday I was at the ENT's office in Davenport, my SIL had went with me. I began feeling strange with some chest pains and used my rescue inhaler and a few min. later took some anxiety meds when my throat began to burn. By the time they called me back to see the DR. and the nurse asked me how I was I told her I was having chest pains and it was concerning me. She told the Dr. who took a while getting to the room I was in and during that time I began praying for God to give me wisdom. I think I was at his office (Dr's) too long but anyway we both decided I needed to go the the hosp. and that having my SIL drive me would be quicker than calling an ambulance.

The hosp. I needed to go to was not far. Anyway, I got there and was immediately seen in the ER and it was a good thing because I was having a heart attack.

At first they made it sound like it was just a small one but it wasn't. I had a LOT of blood thinners pumped into me and the next day they went in and placed another stent. I have 60% damage to my heart. I have a lot ahead of me, but praise be to God He will be with me every second of it. Did I tell you that HE is great and greatly to be praised? Indeed He is and how I wish I could say it in a way to bring Him so much more glory and praise!!!

I want to share that both my cardiologist and the one who did the stent procedure told me if I had not got to the hosp when I had I would not have lived. Actually this afternoon the male DR. told me that almost always what happened to me would cause a person to go into Ventricular fibrillation but I didn't and he said that is rare. (I know the significance of what nearly always follows VF...cardiac arrest).

The hand of God was all over this. There is just so much to share but for now I just want to say I have been praising and thanking Him and giving him all the honor, glory, and praise.

Right now I am exhausted and will write more later but please keep me and dh and our family in your prayers. I already just KNOW some of you have been not even knowing all this was happening. I think I am still processing much.

Blessings,
Deb

Wowser Deb! Yes, our Lord is great, and greatly to be praised!

Father, how I thank You for being Deb's fore and rear guard. Thank You for giving each of the medical personnel wisdom, and getting our Deb to the hospital on time. How I praise You for allowing us to see Your hand at work in her life, and even more, for preserving that life.

Thank You, Lord, for the plans that You still have for Deb's life. I praise You that she has yet to finish the good works that You prepared in advance for her to do. I thank You that You have every intention of completing what You have begun in her life.

You are so amazing Lord, and so worthy of our praise.

We love You dearly, and we love our dear Deb too.

In Jesus precious Name,

Amen

I couldn't believe my eyes. I mean seriously. The prayers have been going up for you. Every time I noted you had not made a post or sent an email, I just asked God to be with you. I had no idea. Deb, I am so with you, on my face before HIM for sure. Praise be to God for taking care of our St. Deb. We love her and know You were watching out for her as she was at the doctor. Thank You Jesus, Thank You. We are believing You for complete restoration of her heart and her health! Thank You... Thank You... I'm in tears.

Love You.

Oh my dear Deb,

YIKES !!! God had you right where He wanted you, didn't He??? I am SO glad!

Praise His glorious Name~

You are still in my prayers!

In Christ's Love,

Jennifer

I wish I could adequately put into words how grateful I am for all God has done and how much He has protected me.

I have been shedding my share of tears today too. Mostly when dh isn't around. I sense he thinks if I am crying that I am going to have another heart attack or something.

I really do need prayers though because my emotions are all over the place from being incredibly amazed and thankful to being sad and scared of the future. I am surprised at how very weak I am, but I guess I shouldn't be. It is like I have a bunch of ambivelent feelings that I do not want to be having and I keep wondering why??

I don't know why, but I do know God has a purpose and a plan and He is always right and righteous in it all!!!!

Believing God to guide me,
Deb

Hi Deb,

Okay how do I miss these posts when I come on here so often??!! I'm glad you're doing better now! I will continue to pray for your health and all.

((hugs))

Deb, I read this morning what you posted and couldn't respond. I have been thinking about this all day and I am so glad you were able to receive the quick care you received.

It is hard to understand the way things go sometimes. Don't dwell on the "what if's." Just count your blessings and rest up.

You are in my prayers.

Thank You, God, for sparing Saint Deb another day. We place her days in Your Hand and ask You for healing and restoration. Father, I pray that Saint Deb would get the care she needs and move forward with great faith. IN Jesus Name. Amen.

...and Amen. Oh, Deb, I am so thankful that you're still around! What an amazing time you've had...

Still keeping you in prayer, and tucking a lot of "thank You"s in with the intercession...

When Dad had his first heart attack, I remember him being really "emotional"; I think it is par for the course for such a close call.

Bless you, sweetie! Take care, and keep hanging on tight to Him.

Love,
Alyson

Deb-I am praying for a speedy recovery and that God will continue using you to point others in His direction-maybe not ALWAYS in such a drastic manner through.....Love, Diane

Diane,

You made me laugh. I JUST recalled asking the Lord to give me an opportunity to witness to my SIL that day, if it was His will. (Or something to that effect). I recall it was as I was approaching her house. Hadn't even remembered that till just now.

Thank You Jesus if that was part of it and Thank You if it wasn't!

I am praying for a speedy recovery also.

Oh my, so glad you are OK girl. I read and knew not what to say as Twinkle. And you had been in my prayer early in the week. Our God is truly amazing. Thank you Lord I give you the praise you and you alone are worthy of. You Lord had your hand on our sister and smiled and said not today dear one. Only still working on you. Thank you Lord even though we can't understand we know your thoughts are higher than our thought. You make our way Lord we trust in you . Love Celie

Thank you all for your prayers.

I could use prayers presently for wisdom on what to ask the Dr. when I call tomorrow. I keep having these off and on intense chest pains and I am clueless about whether to be concerned or not. Oh duh, that is not true. I am concerned, but I am frightened so I don't know how much is just 'fear' or wise, if you know what I mean.

Praying for you Deb ,we all love you very much
please let your doctor know you are having chest pain.I will continue to pray for you.
love you meria

I called my Cardiologist tonite to tell her about my chest pains and shortness of breath and also my off the wall emotions.

I am to call her office in the morning so her nurse can call in an order for me to have some blood test and then she is going to order some long-acting nitroglycerin med for the numerous ongoing chest pains. It also sounded like she thought an anti-depressant would be a good idea. I generally fight those ...but I told her as whimpy and teary as I am that I would give them a try. I hope that this is what the Lord would have me to do.

I find that every time I begin to pray or even think about talking to God I find myself begining to cry like a baby and just can't seem to get any words out. Sheesh...I don't understand this except I think reality set in and it is frightening. I think it shouldn't be scary because we are to be looking forward to eternity but apparently I haven't got 'there' yet or something. I keep reminding myself fear does not come from the Lord, but at this time it doesn't seem to be helping me to keep from being so emotional.

Sorry about the whining.

Hi Deb,
Whine all you want! We don't mind at all, we are listening, and praying.

I admire you for the way you handle all of this. I know for sure I won't do as good in such an overwhelming experience.
I think your tears are a healthy release of intense emotions.
The Holy Spirit is our Helper & Comforter - He will be with you every moment. It comforts me to know that you have Him.

I pray Ps 23 for you and Steve.

Ps 23:1 A psalm of David. The Lord is my shepherd; I have everything I need.
Psa 23:2 He lets me rest in green meadows; He leads me beside peaceful streams.
Psa 23:3 He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to His Name.
Psa 23:4 Even when I walk through the darkest valley I will not be afraid, for You are close beside me. Your rod and Your staff protect and comfort me.
Psa 23:5 You prepare a feast for me in the presence of my enemies. You welcome me as a guest, anointing my head with oil. My cup overflows with blessings.
Psa 23:6 Surely Your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the Lord forever.

In the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen.

Peace and blessings,
Malva

I'm in agreement with Malva, Deb. Whine, cry, vent, whatever you need to do. Having a brush with death can be very emotional--I'm sure I'd be a basket case by now!

So, I'm about to go take my walk, and since part of what I do is pray while I walk, I will be chatting with Jesus about you! Love you much, Girl!

Teresa

Hi Deb-How are you feeling today?

hey Deb hope you are feeling better.My doctor put me on zoloft for chest pains for a short time,they stopped the pain.It was while my husband was so sick.Don't be afraid to take something that can help you.
love you, annette

Hi Sweet Deb,

I am continuing to pray for you, my dear sister.

By the way, just so you know, the last day that my dear Dad could speak clearly, he told us that he was "afraid to die", and we just told him that it was okay to feel that way, but to try to remember that if he did die, that he would be meeting His Lord & Savior, Jesus.

But, I cannot even imagine how frightening all of that could be for him or for anyone else, including you. And, don't worry so much about meds to help your mood swings, as, I'm sure they are likely quite "normal".

And, as a matter of fact, ever since my salvation in Christ Jesus 5 years ago, the Lord had to "break through" the walls that I had put up around my heart [unknowingly, of course], and ever since then, my emotions have either been to one extreme or the other [super duper joyous, or not good at all]. And, I have had to ask Him to take control of my emotions every morning since that time. However, I also got started on an older med for depression a few months ago. And, although with my Dad's passing and all that goes with it, I do think that it has been helping me. I will be praying that your doctors can find one that is "right for you", if it is in God's will for you right now. And, many people do not have to take them all of their lives...

In Christ's Love,

Jennifer

You wonderful women have no idea how much your words of encouragement and prayers are such a blessing to me. For all you that have other "stuff" going on don't think I am not reading and praying for you all because I am. You all have become a blessed life line for me.

I could use prayers today against the complications I am having of Congestive Heart Failure. Tntkart sure you know all about that and unfortunately I do too from my training and can't believe I didn't think of it Sunday when I felt so awful. Think I been in some denial or something.

The blood test was to see if I was having that and I was (am) although yesterday was better than Sunday. She put me on 80mg of Lasix ~ that is a lot~ and you can guess where I have spent a good deal of time since late yesterday afternoon. I know how to spell relief : Pee!
She also put me on Imdur a longer acting type of nitro med. Those she wanted me on immediately and today dh will pick up yet some more pills from the pharmacy. Oh yeah she doubled my potassium too and I have to go have bloodwork tomorrow @ the local hosp. for that and to have the level of the coumadin checked.

Yesterday the test she wanted immediately my local hosp. doesn't even do so I had to go to the real "Cities" about an hr away. I was blessed because my sis went with me.

She is putting me on Zoloft, an antidepressant. (hope it works the same for me as it did you meria). Some other meds too. I hardly am hungry by the time I get all my meds in. Way too many it seems like.

This Cardiologist cracked me up the other night when she told me to get some wine; I think she said red wine. Told me to take my xanax and some wine. I thought she was kidding but she wasn't. Then I did some reading and it really is supposed to be good for your heart (wine) ofcourse in moderation. Well, I haven't bought any wine yet, but I am still giggling about it and praying about it.

I am going to go rest in my recliner (that is where I usually climb up into my Daddy's lap). I think I am some better but I do appreciate prayers against these complications and fear and everything! Emotionally I am better today (at the moment).

Our neighbor who struggles with lots of health issues just called me to tell me he put some fresh lilacs on my small deck for me. How sweet, he even put them in a vase and they smell wonderful. He knows I love flowers and don't have any lilacs in my yard. So I am off to sit on my Father's lap and smell lilacs.

Blessings,
Deb