GLP, I humbly ask your prayers for Mrs. Louis. UPDATE: MRS. LOUIS IS HOME!!!! THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRAYERS.

Very happy to hear =)

Great news, happy for you OP! Enjoy having your hearts and minds at ease and being happy together.

Most wonderful news Mr. and Mrs. Louis!!!

Give her hugs from us all Louis. Damn proud to have you as a member.
You too brother. Thanks.

Glad to hear it

Good job Louis's!!!!!

Your prayers have come to fruition, Mrs. Louis is home!! No clot, no open heart surgery required, though the doctors do not wish her to drive just yet, and have assigned a nurse practitioner as her new primary care physician. The hospital staff have made five appointments with various specialists for continued monitoring and maintenance of her health; appointments I will gladly drive her to.

Following the cardiac MRI yesterday, the cardiac surgeon said today that her heart "was impressive and of a configuration he has never seen in over twenty years of his performing cardiac surgery." Mrs. Louis looked at me and said "I told you I was an alien!" I believe she was kidding, maybe.

She is sleeping on the sofa near me as she has fallen asleep watching a favorite history show.

We owe you a debt of gratitude that can never be repaid for your loving prayer given from the heart and support for both of us in her time of need.

Thank you wonderful people of GLP, you have made this happen for us with your prayers to our heavenly Father.

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I apologize for my delay in updating everyone, it was important to spend time listening to my wife and hearing about her tell about her day.

Her MRI showed NO BLOOD CLOT IN HER HEART!!!

The CT showed something------>Your numinous prayers------>MRI now finds no clot.

Thank God, Jesus, and all of you.

I was not here when the doctors spoke with her so I was unable to ask questions of them so I've no first hand knowledge of what they are leaning towards. During the nurse turn over after I arrived they said no invasive procedure is indicated yet.

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I'm at my office ATM, and Mrs. Louis has texted she is being moved to a room in the cardiac suite as it now appears the open-heart surgery is on the table. I'll post updates as I learn more. I'll be back at the hospital in about two hours ~ 5:00 PM US EST 24 April.

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Mrs. Louis' heart surgery is delayed. They are doing a catheterization NOW, followed by an MRI which may be today or tomorrow, so her surgery is postponed possibly until Thursday.

They wish to be evaluate all avenues before beginning any cardiac surgical procedure so they will obtain better imaging of her heart to insure they are indeed seeing a clot and not a muscular thickening in one side. This will also give a better view into where any possible opening between chambers is located and will allow them to determine the best course of action to follow be it surgery or blood thinners if the Cath and MRI show surgery to not be necessary,

Please know your prayers are not wasted; indeed the doctors are being guided to seek further information before proceeding. God I'm sure is guiding them to the correct conclusions and decisions.

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I know that the collective will and prayer of GLP'ers can and does work tremendous good, I'm asking your prayer help for Mrs. Louis as she has been hospitalized since Monday for intestinal bleeding which they have yet to find but today she developed a blood clot in her left leg femoral artery.

She has been rushed to surgery as they need to remove the blood clot. The procedure is starting presently.

She is at one of the top hospitals in the country so she has the best medical staff treating her, but arterial clots are especially dangerous.

I ask you please take a moment to include her in prayer for health, a successful surgery, and the determination of and cure for her clot and bleeding.

Thank you all and God Bless you.

Great news to hear, Louis. I'm so glad it all worked out for the both of you.

Good news. Amen OP. there is power in it.

So glad to see all the good news!

Still sending prayer for the both of you. Will keep checking back to follow your progress.

Great news! I'm so happy for you both. A long and loving marriage is so wonderful to behold, and especially for those of us who have tried so hard and failed to make one work. I'll toast to a long and glorious future for you'all.

I'm happy for the kitties too, since they apparently missed Mrs. Louis. I've not found "health care" that I can trust something better. Perhaps it could be ramified throughout our nation without bankrupting us or impinging on our personal freedoms.

Our prayers have been answered and I will continue to pray for the best recovery and future. Good idea about the truck battery - reliability is job #1 in a truck!

Hi Louis, i have not had time to keep up, let along read endless pages, how's the wife? I hope you well too.
Sending love brother.

Hi Louis! Just checking in to see how Mrs. Louis is doing, and how your own medical issues are developing. Still sending prayers of Thanksgiving (EVERYONE likes to be thanked, even God!) and Praise to the Physician of the Universe.

Hopefully the kittehs and even the Possum are settling back down into the more "normal" schedule none the worse for having been so rudely interrupted by Mom's being gone to the mysterious and peculiar-smelling "horsepital" although thankfully no horses were brought home to interfere with the IMPORTANT (i.e., KITTY-related) activities!

I've really been hoping that the doctors might figure out exactly what caused Mrs. Louis's situation, and why it came up so quickly and without warning. You most certainly DON'T want a repeat!