Tomorrow I go see a new doc. This one is a cardiovascular surgeon. I don't know if he can help me, but I at least want to ask. Is it possible to go into my leg veins and extract the clots that are there? Without risk of any chunks breaking loose and hurting me elsewhere? When I hear from other docs that my body will eventually break down the clots in my leg, but that I'm likely to have permanent damage from the experience (varicose veins, perpetual swelling), then my question is: if we can go in there and get the clots out now, can we prevent some of that long term damage? It might not be possible. It might be too risky. I won't know until I ask.
The wonderful people at our church are still praying for me way beyond what I deserve. And everytime I'm there, many of them ask me how I'm doing. Many say I am walking better - and I am. Thanks for noticing! But honestly, with my betterment requiring God to reknit my nerves from my back to my feet at the lightning rate of 1mm per day and whatever aeons of time until my body breaks down the blood clots, I really can't tell on any given day how I'm doing. I'm telling my loving inquirers that I am daily trusting God to be doing His silent & slow healing work in my body, even though I might not be able to notice it. That I hope one day to wake up and things will suddenly seem better.
In the meantime, I do everything I can and feel like doing. I get to go to work everyday. I get to enjoy my family. I sleep well at night. I just go a bit slower and step more deliberately everywhere I go. I really enjoy my life. I just have this stupid swelling, numbness & pain going on in my leg. God is being good to me and I am just charging ahead in full faith!
Prayers up!
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