Walt's Journey

As some of you know, Sarah has not felt well for the past couple of weeks, and during this time she discovered a lump in her throat below the adams apple. Several days ago, she went to the doctors and was scheduled for a CAT scan which will take place this Friday, March 4th.

This past Saturday, both Sarah and Hope were not feeling well. As the day progressed, Hope started to run a high temperature. At approximately 8:00pm, we decided that Sarah should go to the emergency room. We felt bad for leaving the kids, especially with Hope being sick, but I am thankful that my mom was able to come right over and watch them.

Fortunately, Sarah was able to get in quickly. She had an EKG, blood work, and both a chest and throat x-ray. Everything came back negative for anything serious which included the heart, blood clot or anything large pushing on the esophagus. We are praying that the CAT scan that Sarah will be having this Friday will provide some answers.

It was difficult for both of us to be back in the emergency room, and floods of memories always come rushing back. I am thankful for our worship pastor that came and stayed with us at the hospital. It was comforting to have someone there with us.

I had my appointment with the ophthalmologist this morning and was relived to hear that my MRI was normal. There is no damage in my brain. The dissection/surgery triggered something that is causing the flashing lights, ringing in my ears and headaches, but for now I will gain relief by taking the medication that was prescribed to me.

This coming Thursday, I have an appointment with my electrophysiologist to go over the results of my holter heart monitor test and to discuss the next steps in this process.