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Prayer Request

I have a prayer request.

I've been having trouble with my heart for the last three months. The medication that I take every day hasn't been regulating my tachycardia problem well enough, and I have gone to the ER 3 times in the last 3 months. Twice they had to give me an IV of some medicine that stopped my heart and restarted it. Since then I found a cardiologist in Houston, who says I need to get a procedure done called an ablation. They go in through a vein with a wire and camera and sensors and travel to your heart and find out what area of your heart is causing the electrical glitch that causes the tachycardia episode. Then they zap that tissue that causes the problem. The procedure should totally cure the problem that I have been struggling with for 13 years. However, our insurance looks like they will only cover maybe 1500 of the 26000 cost, if any at all.

Please pray that God would provide a way to pay for this procedure, as it isn't really an option to not have it done.

Also pray that I would trust God at this time. I've been having major anxiety attacks on a daily basis since the first trip to the ER. I need to trust God that I am safe in His hands. I know in my mind that I am safe in His hands, but it doesn't register as often as it should.

Also, pray for Josh. He's been so supportive and amazing through all of this. I'm sure all of this is as hard on him as it is me.

So this is why I haven't been updating this blog. Sorry for the silence :)

Comments

  1. Praying for God's healing upon you, that you won't even need to have the procedure done.

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  2. What!? Obama is not going to pay for it?

    But seriously I am praying for you.

    Have you considered changing insurance companies? If you have been covered for 18 months by a legitimate heath plan then the government forces these insurance companies to take pre-existing conditions. So if your insurance doesn’t provide enough coverage then get a private plan that does, it would be better to pay a couple hundred bucks a month for a year or two then to out of pocket 24,500. Check ehealthinsurance.com they appeared to have a lot of good information.
    -Greg

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  3. What Greg said :) ...and phew! you must have a lot of strength to put up with that. love you, homes. hope it all works out and keep believing it will.

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  4. Thanks guys. Greg, I'll look into that.

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