Dale's blessing day

Dale's blessing day
Cyril and Mazie Hicken family 1945

Friday, August 30, 2013

Thoughts on a Day: Another Crash!



August 30, 1991, Another Crash!

Utah valley Regional Medical Center. What? Back In the hospital? No not me. I am here with Jay.
Some one said, "When It rains it pours." Perhaps it was the Morton Salt Company. The one with the box with a little girl under an umbrella, a box of salt under her arm slowly leaking out the salt. Anyway, It has poured on us a bit. This has been our summer's fun. So we have the privilege of enjoying modern man's miracles the technology of medicine once again. How about a totally blocked right aorta and an 80 to 90 percent blockage in the others. He never had pain, just a smothering step on his chest like an elephant footprint. We debate as to what to do. Balloon surgery or by pass surgery. It was most difficult to cage a very free roaming animal and expect him to lie still and be told what he should do. As he laid there still free but trying to obey doctor's orders. He fought fences closing around. Not to become an invalid, not to become vegetated, No, he fought and his first impulse won. Submit to the balloon, delay the other as long as possible.

Often we must reach out in faith, holding only to it. And so faith won out. Dr. Asey was uncertain he could balloon past a thoroughly closed artery—but he did—with all our faith and prayers being answered. And the caged animal will now be free, under supervision of course!

He was in good shape before, but will most likely be in much better shape now.

Wow! I hope I can run fast enough to keep up with him.

-EHG

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