The journey continues and after months of waiting, we have a date for attempt #2 to close the hole in my heart. I’ll be checking in to Swedish Hospital in Seattle at 11am on Friday June 15th for a 1pm procedure. Lord willing, all goes according to plan this time. They will keep me overnight, and then do an echocardiogram to make sure the device used for closure is positioned as they want it, and let me go the next day. I won’t be allowed to drive for a few days afterward, but recovery should be easy if it is anything like procedure #1 in November. One thing that needs to happen before June 15th is a trip to a dermatologist for a skin test to make sure I don’t have a sensitivity to nickel, as the septal occluder device contains nickel. Hopefully this can be done in Bellingham, and hopefully I’ll have that figured out in the next few days.

I am very thankful that this is coming up quickly, and for the amazing support from near and far. Please continue to pray with me that God would be glorified through this process! My first request is, still, for a creative miracle from the Lord! Second, for wisdom and guidance for the doctors, and third for peace and strength to continue walking down this road, wherever it leads. Lastly please pray for financial provision!

The Lord is so good and faithful – and delights in proving this again and again! Over the past number of months, in the waiting, He has drawn me closer to His heart, revealing truth and healing places that I didn’t even realize were wounded. I am confident that my physical heart will be made whole one way or another, as will my heart, mind, and emotions. “The LORD will fulfill his purpose for me; your steadfast love, O LORD, endures forever.” (Ps 138:8a)

My life is ever in His hands!!