abounding in mercy

The Lord is merciful and gracious; slow to anger, and abounding in mercy. Psalm 103:8

Today at 8 Jack went in for his scheduled catheter and dye test. The doctor ran the catheter from his thigh into his inferior vena cava in his heart to check on the presence of the blood clot. He could only get it so far up, and discovered that the treatment yesterday did not clear the clot from his vessels. This is very discouraging, but God is still on His throne, and can still heal my son.

From there, Dr. Kimberling decided that since they had Jack in the cath lab, they would go ahead and check on the pressures in his heart. I'm really glad they did this, because they discovered that some of the pressures in his right ventricle were much higher than they would like; Dr. Kimberling poked around a little bit more and decided that the pulmonary arteries were a bit too thin, so he put a stint in both the left and right arteries which lead to the lungs. This will certainly relieve some of that pressure, and will possibly allow better flow through his heart altogether. So praise God! This was a blessing in what could have been a very disappointing procedure report.

So now Jack is back in the room with us, and his swelling is still much lower than it had been a couple days ago. He seems to be much more alert now as well. Thank you for all the prayers and consideration that you've shown my family. We appreciate it so much. And send us cool verses that you come across, and we'll put them on our scripture wall!


"The Lord is good, a refuge in times of trouble. He cares for those who trust in Him." Nahum 1:7

Tony and Angi