Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Prayer Request for Hubby

So here is an update of sorts.... it has been one crazy ride.. 

Status of Steve's health: Very Poor but holding steady. 

He is having many complications here at home and we just had a VERY scary thing happen. 
Because of not feeling well myself I was up and in the office working on things, 
I look up to Steve standing in the doorway with "That Look"
 (you medical professionals should know what I am talking about
 if you have any experience in Telemetry) 
He was sweating as if a water hose was on a low steady stream,
 literally could not wipe the sweat fast enough, 
totally soaked his shirt and the chair he was sitting in. 
He was white and pasty, bluish/gray and glossed over pupils dilated. 
Severe chest pain and dizzy to the point of not being able to walk right
this has been  off and on since this whole thing started getting worse a month ago. 

I am watching the clock for when the DR's office will open, and plan to call her to update her
 and possibly get him in there today. 
Why didn't I call 911?
Because when I checked his STATS they were PERFECTLY normal
 (something else that hasn't been consistent through all of this as well)
 but for having just experienced what he did
 I wasn't going to be surprised if they were all out of whack. 
But they were not and we praise God for that. 

Of course I did tell him I wanted to take him in, but he would rather ride it out and keep trusting God. And since things have calmed down
 (we went to prayer over him right away)
 and felt assurance that God was in control and all is well. 

However I am keeping a VERY close eye on him!!!!!

He goes to the Pulmonologist tomorrow,
 praying we can get some answers and more information to what may be going on with the lungs.
 One major concern is to also get an ECHO done to check on that heart valve,
 and hope the infection in that is gone. 

Steve has had three heart attacks and they were caused by weakened heart muscles due to infection surrounding the heart from the pneumonia that keeps reoccurring  , so we are very familiar with what is going on with that side of things and need to get his cardiologist back on board to check up there.
 Ironically it happens to be mine as well. 

Neat quick story, when Steve was in ICU in 2001 and we almost lost him, Dr.Tri was his attending Cardiologist during that time. We did not put two and two together until after seeing him again with me(2010) that we were in an office visit and the pieces to the puzzle all came together and it was neat how God had ordained this meeting again. 
He is a VERY good DR and knows his stuff!!! of Course Tri is his first name and we are at that level in our relationship due to how often we visit together  =) 
We feel like his whole team is our extended family.. lol 

Anyway, just wanted to bring this before all you prayer warriors
 and update Family and Friends all at the same time instead of trying to text all of this. 

It has been a long journey but we have been so BLESSED!!!! 

I do not care nor will I listen to any of you that would like to explain it away as being something else, you are not here, you do not know facts, we do... and I KNOW that by the time I grabbed my phone and got Shania out of bed so she could take over with 911 and I was prepared to start working on him (been there before back in 2002 when he went down on me walking down the hallway of our apartment) but God had touched Steve and I got awesome numbers on his STATS. 
BP= Perfect, HR= Perfect, O2= Perfect. 

PRAISE GOD!!! THANK YOU JESUS!!! 
Thank you Lord for stepping between my dear hubby and that storm that threatened to come crashing in on us. 
We went right back into prayer of thanksgiving and praise to our KING JESUS. 
He is so incredibly good to us, and though we may not understand all of this, we are not questioning why. Because we are standing on HIS truth and promises and we are completely surrendered to God no matter what!!! 
Casting down ALL vain imaginations and putting them under Gods authority.. (yes I paraphrased) 

I refuse any doubters

So this is ONLY for those who can join us with,
NO critical spirits to interfere with our faith. 
NO doubters, if you do not believe beyond what you do not know or understand, that is okay, no offense taken just step back and let those who can pray and trust with us step in closer. 

We are so very thankful for ALL of you who are standing behind us doing just that. 
Praying despite not understanding the gaps in details, or why, ect. 
We are so thankful for our families, and our Church family and our friends. 
We love each one of ya so much!!!!

We are praying for all of ya as Jesus brings ya to our minds. 

Psalm 42:5
"Why are you cast down, O my soul?
And why are you disquieted within me?
Hope in God, for I shall yet praise Him, 
For the help of His countenance."  

Ephesians 3:20,21
"Now unto Him,
that is able to do exceeding,
 abundantly above all that we ask or think,
 according to the power that worketh in us, 
Unto Him be glory in the church
 by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, 
world without end. AMEN."

1 comment:

Angela said...

Alissa shared your blog with me so we could stay updated after praying for her uncle. Thank you for all the updates. God truly is Good ~ Faithful ~ Great Provider ... the list goes on and on!

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