In talking to the cardiologist recently it appears that the plan for TJ's mitral valve is to wait until he is deemed stable enough for surgery and then go in -cracked sternum-open chest-open heart and replace the valve. The time line could get moved up considerably if for some reason his heart can no longer tolerate the level of leakage. The cardiologists are also somewhat vague on how they define "able to tolerate surgery." They have referenced "well along" in rehab, whatever that means (next week?)
Psalm 5 says:
1 Give ear to my words, O LORD,
consider my sighing.
2 Listen to my cry for help,
my King and my God,
for to you I pray.
3 In the morning, O LORD, you hear my voice;
in the morning I lay my requests before you
and wait in expectation.
With this attitude we would like to request a renewed 24 hour call to prayer (see side post) to pray specifically and expectantly for the healing of TJ's mitral valve. God has done amazing and truly miraculous things in TJ's illness, but he is not finished yet. For the sake of Your kingdom, Your name, and by Your grace we ask and wait expectantly, oh God!
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Dear Mary Anne,
We are standing with you in fasting prayer today for healing of TJ's mitral valve. We don't want to see him or you have to go through that ordeal of surgery after all of this. May Jesus Christ be praised - as we look to Him for healing of our brother in Christ.
S and S
I am going through TJ's Father's Bible Reading again this year. How fitting that Psalm 5 a part of tomorrow's passage.
I will be praying as well. How beautiful to have a prayer team like this where you can almost guarantee someone is praying "in the morning"!
God Bless!
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