Thank you so very much, Katie and Christianity and Kathrine and Minks et al.
I was just released from the cardiac wing of the hospital after 13 days as a patient.
I was taken by ambulance overnight 2 weeks ago because my abdominal edema had returned after 11 months with a vengeance.
I was very distraught as I was not 100 percent sure as to why.
I was very scared going in because I had no idea what to expect this time.
The first doctor I had encountered in the ER I had dealt with a year ago. He was very unfriendly and cold and judgmental to me.
And so I kept praying and praying for him as I lay there.
And the next thing I knew he was admitting me as a patient. Thank you, Jesus.
And then when I was in the actual hospital room, things changed once again.
I met so many nurses who are Saints. And the doctors I dealt with then treated me once again as a human being who is very sick.
I had an echocardiogram done again and unfortunately discovered that my heart’s ejection fraction (pumping ability) is down to 20% (after being measured as 30-35% from a catheterization 1 year ago).
But in my head, I keep hearing that Scripture verse which goes something like: What is impossible with man is possible with God.
Many people do not believe in miracles, but because of our Catholic faith and the miracle of the resurrection and so many others, such as Fatima’s miracle of the sun, I believe.
The hospital is such a bittersweet place to be.
I cried and cried once again in the evenings while I was there – talking to God the whole time.
I wept for my brother who committed suicide when I was only 15 years old.
And I said several rosaries fr the intentions and welfare of all of you and others.
Then while there, I received a phone call for an interview for disabled housing in a senior citizen housing building.
I am only 54 but this may be ideal.
That interview is at 2:00 EST today.
Please remember me in prayer that the interview will go well, if that is what I am supposed to do.
So this morning, instead of water therapy I am just letting myself cry and unwind.
They are talking about putting a defibrillator in me in 3 months – if I do not respond to the new meds.
Please pray for me that I am able to stay on these meds despite the very strong side effects.
And most importantly that I will know what God wants for me to do in all my affairs (12 step lingo).
Thank you so very much for all of your intercessory prayers and be assured of my continued ones every day for each and every one of you.
Sincerely,
VitoJoe
