Prayer for Hal

[Yahudim]

My brother is this minute, undergoing a dangerous procedure for his heart. But his condition was too dangerous for surgeons to postpone it. Please pray for his recovery and survival. Thank you.

 

[Brother-Mike]

Praying

 

[Yahudim]

Thank you!

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Thank You! Blessing to you!

My brother survived the procedure but it was not a success. They are trying some medications for the interim while they allow him to rest and recover. He is scheduled for the next surgery in a week.

 

[Lulav]

I"m sorry to hear that Phil but will continue to pray for him and the doctors to find the best solution.

 

[HARK!]

I pray that your brother be healed.

 

[Lulav]

Still praying

 

[Yahudim]

Please forgive me. I wrote a report about the surgery but evidently, I didn't post it. My humble thanks for your prayers.

A few days after his 80th birthday, My brother was taken to the ER with chest pains and an irregular heartbeat. They medicated him to restore the heart's sinus rhythm and kept him overnight to run tests.

The next day the tests continued, and when they imaged his heart arteries, the results alarmed the surgeons who immediately moved him into surgery. On top of everything else, his wife took another fall in the hospital parking lot, giving herself a black eye. This was after getting lost on the way there. So now, neither of them can remain unattended.

The artery that supplies the right side and the bottom of my brother's heart was nearly completely blocked, perhaps 95-90%. So the left artery has started to grow branches to supply the right side. However, they are inadequate to the task. Another culprit is called Atrial Fibrillation that has developed, I presume as a side effect of the diminished blood supply and the waste products generated by the atrophying muscle tissue. That is what was making the heart muscle attempt to seize or to go into arrest.

However, the surgeons were unable to pierce to blockage and install a stint. The procedure failed. Evidently, the blockage had calcified. So another med was added to the mix to help soften the blockage and my brother was sent home to rest and recover for a week. At that time, a second attempt will be made to pierce the blockage, install a stint and restore normal blood flow.

This week will be difficult.

Again, thank you all for your prayers and well wishes.

 

[Yeshua HaDerekh]

However, the surgeons were unable to pierce to blockage and install a stint. The procedure failed. Evidently, the blockage had calcified. At that time, a second attempt will be made to pierce the blockage, install a stint and restore normal blood flow.

That is why it is very important, especially for men, to get a Coronary Calcium score to know their progression of CAD.

 

[Yahudim]

That is why it is very important, especially for men, to get a Coronary Calcium score to know their progression of CAD.

Wise words. See: Mayo Clinic - Heart scan (coronary calcium scan)

 

[Lulav]

It's been about a week, how is he doing?

 

[Yahudim]

It's been about a week, how is he doing?

Scared. They have to open him up.

 

[Lulav]

Scared. They have to open him up.

I will continue praying for him and you and the rest of the family as well as the Doctors and nurses who hold his life in their hands. May the Father's will be done.