Giving Thanks Tonight

Healing Garden

While I was driving home tonight from the hospital, I thought, so much of our lives is so insignificant. All those little things in life that we stress over......when it really boils down to it, are we giving thanks for those little things in life? How about concentrating on small stuff like a hug to a person feeling down, a wave hello to someone you know in the community, holding the door open for an elderly person? All of a sudden I realized tonight that it's not about how much money you have, or what kind of car you drive or how big your house is. Life is measured up in how grateful you are for life....the life that God has planned for you.

Bike man is a lucky person tonight. We had a long day today. Angiogram followed by three stents put into two blocked arteries. The hardest news for me today was when the Cardiologist told me that Bike man's main artery was 100% blocked! What? How can that be? In some rare cases this can happen. He's been living with a totally blocked artery for many years. It's a miracle that he's still alive.

So, the heart quickly overcompensates by building a new artery, which distributes the new blood flow from the heart. Well, this new artery also became significantly blocked and that is why he finally showed symptoms of a heart attack. Today, the Cardiologist told me that if the new artery would have reached total blockage, Bike man would not have survived this incident yesterday. The signs were there, but unfortunately missed for common reasons. Tonight, I feel so lucky to have my husband living and breathing. I can't even describe to you the overwhelming feeling I felt when the Cardiologist told me my husband would not have survived the next incident.

I believe what saved his life is the fact that he has always stayed active. Bike riding and racing, running, triathlons, orienteering etc. Words can't describe how I feel tonight. Thank you God, plain and simple.