Whirlwind ~

Whirlwind - not a word I use often, but one that I feel like I have experienced today. Above everything else though, your prayers have definitely helped sustain us today and we are so grateful!!

The day started out with a lot of anticipation and a lot of waiting. At 10:05am we got the word that a bed was available at Emory. It took about an hour to get transport, paperwork done and everything unhooked and loaded up. Once we arrived, the process seemed much better already! Mark was in a holding room for the procedure and I got to go back to him shortly after he got settled in. As the nurse came in and out, he repeatedly talked about Mark's "angioplasty". We were a bit shocked as his certainty of the procedure, but he assured us that is what Mark was here for, not just a heart cath. Someone even said, you'll be going home tomorrow evening. We were incredibly excited about all of this!!

The Dr. that performed the procedure came in and spoke freely of angioplasty as well. I actually asked him, if bypass was in the picture, simply because that and angioplasty were the 2 options that were given to us at the end of the first heart cath. He said, well, no angioplasty should be fine.....After 5 minutes or so, the Dr. came back in, but with a of a different spin on the procedure. He said we may need several different options...last resort would be bypass though. He said bypass was not something you ever want to do on someone in their 30's.

One beautiful moment was when they said Trenton could go back and see Daddy before they took him back! It was great for both of them to see each other. As soon as T saw his Daddy, he said, "Daddy, all better". It was great! We all headed to the waiting room to wait.....

After 45 minutes or so, they called us back, I didn't know how to feel, it didn't take a super long time, so maybe this was good, but then I just didn't know. We met Mark in the hallway, and the Dr's were standing there with him. Then they began talking and talking and talking. I heard them and knew what they were saying but it felt like it must not be real....I honestly felt like, well know that God had an angel standing beside me! Helping me hold it together and take in all that I needed to hear.

It's a long story...so fast forward to 8:45pm. Here we sit, in information overload, unsure of the time of the procedure and really of all that's ahead. Sometime tomorrow, Mark will have Robotic Bypass surgery to replace the descending portion of the Left Main Artery. On Friday, he will have a procedure to stent the Right Main and Circumflex Arteries. We are hoping and praying for a restful evening (Mark is feeling more anxious than ever tonight), a textbook procedure tomorrow, an amazing recovery and a quick discharge date!!

I know this road is bumpy and certainly not easy, but it's not impossible!