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YEP. sure enough I m home and feeling better than I have in a least a year.....While at the hospital I had the opportunity to share my faith-----not knowing where others were in their faith walk or even if they were non-believers, I always start like this ----"Now just to let you know I am a Christian so what I am about to say is from the Christian perspective....but here goes....." I had that opportunity several times......There is no reason I did not have a major heart-attack, 2 major arteries had blockages, one of them was blocked 95% after all was said and done and I came off the happy juice I felt like a new man.....now let me tell ya'll a couple little stories that happened with me while I was there....1ST------when being prepared for the ordeal, I had 2 male nurses, plus maybe 4 or 5 others, don't know for sure how many & of course the doctor ...As I was being prepared the conversation with the 2 male nurse went along the lines of serving in the military, don't know how, but the chatting went there---------Now I think only another vet will understand my feelings--------Anyway this one guy with a full beard, tattoos up the yazoo, ask what branch I had been in, I said the Marines, he said "Semper fi" ----which led us to shooting the bull concerning the Corps, then I was told the other guy, with full beard & tattoos, not as many as the Marine , yet he had'em, anyway he had been a Navy Corpsman, battle field corpsman, both combat guys from Iraq times.....I felt so honored to have working on me 2 combat guys.....I mean I was like a little kid at Christmas----Honored is a word that I wish I had a bigger--better word .......
2ND--Then one of the nurses that cared for me after surgery, we talked and she at a "very" young age had a child....the child in their mid 20's now plus 3 more kids.....some will say so what____she with her kids went on to school, finished up the nursing School and now a registered nurse.....so---allowed the opportunity to talk of how God had blest her and remind her that she had a real story to share with young folks who screwed up and made mistakes, yet how they could turn their lives around.....she & I over my time in the hospital spent a fair amount of time on this subject----there was another story, I'll save it for another day or situation-----then the big story for me-----an excellent thought for all----I really like my Heart Doctor, he is a good a man-----so I had to have a very serious chat with him-----, something like this---" Doctor______, I just want you to not only know , but understand that I am a Christian, I am a firm believer, whether today, next year or whenever, should I die on your operating table, it is nothing you did, even if you screw up, it is not your fault......my life is in God's hands, when He decides my time is up, it is up, no matter if I am in the operating room, walking down the street or wherever ------You are a good doctor and I am blest to have you in my life, but in the end, my life is in God's hands-------I, at this time had some serious issues, did not know at the time how serious they were, but later learned -------
Life is short my friends, my mind tells me one thing, my body says __"right, you keep believing it"----lol
God Bless and have a great week-end------do not be afraid to speak up of your faith