A Place of My Own

Things are getting back to normal around here and I am feeling better, so I thought I needed to post a final word on the happenings of the last few days.  I am not sorry to say that those days are behind me.

The one, most important thing that I take away from the last few days is, that I owe all of my good news, health, and blessings to God my Father.  Without knowing that He was here for me this week – above all – there is no telling where I would be at this moment. 

I also want to say thank you to all of you for keeping me steadfast in my faith.  I am thankful that God has given me such great friends and family – especially my mama and Jamie.  There’s nothing like love and support from your mama, and needed, encouraging words from your best friend. 

After all has been said and done, the final word at this point is this:  In the exact words of the doctor, my heart is perfect.  There are absolutely no blockages, sludge, build up or anything.  This is great news.  He says there is no damage to my heart and that the reported heart attack during the stress test was merely spasms in my veins and arteries on the front wall of my heart.  That may be, but God could have healed it.  I will never NOT believe that is a possibility.

As far as the passing out thing, I have no idea.  The doctor seems to think it was a combination of getting up too soon, being dehydrated, and hyperventilating.  After a couple of hours on the oxygen and getting more fluids, I was fine.  I was in some pretty good pain that night and yesterday, but today, I am feeling much better and the pain in minimal.  I am sleeping better than I have in weeks.

So now that we have ruled out the heart issue, they have to determine what is causing the chest pain – which I am still having.  They say it could be digestive related – like reflux, or it could be anxiety.  I have a follow up with my regular doctor on the 27th, but I think I should make an earlier appointment to go ahead and get back on my meds that I was taking for the depression and anxiety. 

So that’s where things stand right now.  I just have to behave myself and heal so I can go back to work on Monday.  What a way to end the summer.  Again, thank you all for your thoughts, prayers, comments and visits to the hospital.  I love you guys.  And to those who have come to read and comment from out there in the blogosphere – thank you so much for the encouraging words and the scriptures you have shared.  It just makes you feel so good inside to know that you have all those prayers going up for you and your words are so helpful in times of the fearful unknown.