It's the Final Countdown!

Well, this is it! It's the final countdown!!! It is officially after midnight Georgia time. Friday, August 24, 2012, 84 hours till surgery time. Monday, September 27, 2012, 11:30 A.M. I can feel my heart beating in my throat. My hands are sweaty.

My jack russells can tell something is up. I still wish I could sneak one of those little rascals in with me! Heck even my bag knows something is up - it seems to be showing its true colors every opportunity it gets! Please, please, please, if you are so inclined say a prayer for me, my surgeon Dr. Mayer, my nurses & other care takers, & for heaven's sake my Husband, children & Mother that all goes well & runs smooth as silk.

I think I know what to expect pain wise but am scared none the less. There is no turning back! My messenteric artery, & my ureters, & the remnant of my colon WILL all be in great shape I pray & every millimeter of incision, every staple, retention suture, stitch & staple will be placed according to God's perfect plan. In Jesus name I pray, AMEN

51 Hours to go!!!!!!
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Melissa, we are right here with you.  I went to see my grandbaby in OK this weekend and couldn't wait to write you the minute I got home!
Everything WILL BE OK.  I KNOW IT.  Receive it and believe it, sweet friend!
We will all be there with you in spirit tomorrow as you enter the OR for your reversal.  If you get scared, just start naming us....one by one.  We'll be right there by you, praying that God will guide Dr. Mayer's hands to repair and heal what he can.....the rest of your healing will come from Divine Intervention.
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  May everything that happens from here on out be blessed; and claimed; thru His power, and may you come thru this reversal stronger, wiser, and healthier than you have ever been!  These things I ask from our Almighty Father.....Amen!  And lots of virtual hugs for you and your family!  BELIEVE THAT YOU WILL BE VICTORIOUS!  Love you and will be thinking of you and praying for you as you continue on this miraculous journey we call LIFE!

Darla

Darla - I love you my dear friend. Thank you so much for your words of scripture praise & hope!!! I will have my first fart in your honor!!!! LOL!!! I am sitting on my front porch in the same rocking chair I was in when the ambulance came to get me in the middle of the night last October. The night is still & balmy here in the country. The crickets, tree frogs, & cicadas are singing me a lullaby & a whipporwill is off in the distance singing an enchanted song. I don't remember this lovely natural song being sang the night my Husband & the paramedics had to carry me down the 4 front steps - they couldn't even find my blood pressure that night. They went screaming into the peaceful darkness to get me to the hospital. I barely remember the ride, I was so sick.

I am thankful for the lessons of the past year. I know that my spirit is truly mighty as the Almighty literally had to drag me along somedays - the spirit was willing, but the flesh was weak. I was embraced by warmth & tenderness at pre-op the other day. The phlebotomist said, Mrs. Romans, what type of surgery are you having?". When I told her she literally stopped what she was doing, pulled off her latex gloves, & laid her hand on my heart & in a room FULL of people boldly & loudly began to pray.."Father, in the name of Jesus, I lift my sister up to you & plead the blood of Jesus over her life & spirit!"...... I was AMAZED & truly grateful. I was at peace walking through the hospital.

I thought of all the people like you & I who never made it off life support or out of ICU & the tears fell freely. I know HE loves me & is going in there with me too!"There is an unseen hand to me-leads through ways I cannot see". I am so ready for what is next! Can't wait to see what He is going to do with my life!!!!!

Melissa - thinking of you.
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Can't wait til you can name that first fart "Darla!"
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