Tuesday
morning, Elizabeth and I met with a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic in
Rochester, MN. After three months of dealing with the effects of this traumatic
event we were very anxious to say the least. The doctor showed us the before
and after pictures from the MRI and explained that both dissections and the
pseudo-aneurysm had healed.
We
had been so full of fear — fear of a stroke, fear of an aneurysm, fear of
living in a hospital bed, fear that this might be the end. Reading the Psalms
seemed to be the only balm that would sooth the anxiety and curb our fear of the
unknown. But just as King David did, we trusted the Lord and cried out to Him
for a complete healing.
When
we got the good report it felt like the feeling that comes when you narrowly
escape a car wreck. Joy. Exhaustion. Unbridled emotion. Release. Shock. I kept
telling Elizabeth, "It’s over... It’s finally over... The book is done... Let’s
move on...It’s over." We called our closest loved ones and texted our good
news to the world. What a great feeling. Thank you for partnering with us to pray for her healing. The Lord has
been faithful and we are excited for a new season of health to come.
My
wife is an amazingly strong woman. She is beautiful, feminine and graceful.
Throughout all her trials this year (and there were many) she stayed strong.
She had sever hyper-emesis, three blood clots, a root canal*, IVC filter both
in and out*, a baby*, gestational diabetes, a bleed in her iliopsoas muscle, two
arterial dissections and a pseudoannurism (the * means she did it with out
narcotic pain medications).
She is the strongest woman I know. I am proud of her. I am in love with her. I get the privilege and honor of spending the rest of my life with her.
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