My Dad always
told me to “Plan your work and work your plan.” Sounds good, right? That great advice
didn’t really work out for me – at least NOT like I planned it!
In my last blog,
I said I was going to the USA to visit my family in 4 different states and
visit some supporting Churches, right? That’s about all that worked out! Let me
tell you a little bit of the “rest of the story!”
I arrived in the Dallas,
TX late December 2nd where my oldest daughter, Jenise and family
live. On the 6th, I saw my new hip doctor for I needed a hip
replacement. He sent me to a family Dr. to get an EKG, x-rays and blood tests.
The EKG showed something abnormal in the left part of my heart. I was going to
stay with Jenise through the hip surgery – that now cannot happen because of
the heart. So Jenise & I decided that I should see the rest of the family
and then come back for the hip surgery after I got the heart thing straightened
out! Not quite how it worked out! I had a great time with Jenise, but my time
there was too short.
I flew to
Janessa, my youngest and family in Bettendorf, IA and I would get the stress
test done there. Easier said than done! I was there a little over 3 weeks and
finally got the stress test done – not good results. I did have a wonderful
Christmas time with Janessa and family, but now I had to move on.
From IA I fly to York,
NE to be with my youngest son Ben and family. I also had made an appointment
with a Cardiologist in Lincoln, about 45 miles from Ben. The Dr. told me that I
had blockages in the 3 main arteries and that 2 of those needed help. There was
blockage of 80% and 90%. On January 24th I had 2 stents put into my
heart. While in Nebraska for 5 weeks, I also spent about a week and half with
natural path Dr. doing some treatments on my heart, lymph system and liver. I
am thankful that I did that and feel it was of great benefit! While with the
family, I again had a great time with the family even with all the heart stuff
I had to do!
On February 13th
I flew into Spokane, WA to visit supporting and overseeing Churches. This was a
wonderful time of renewing old friendships in Spokane, Ephrata and Cashmere. On
Sunday afternoon I met up with my oldest son, Douglas Jr. and family! I’ll be
here for 10 days and fly back to TX on March 5th. I know that I will
be blessed here too.
I will see my hip
Dr. on the 6th, get a shot in my hip for pain on the 10th,
fly back to Ukraine on the 11th and arrive back in Kremenchuk on the
12th! I’ll have to wait at least 6 months to a year before I can
have the hip replaced because of my heart. I would really appreciate your prayers!
