Today I went into the operating room for the first stage of a multiple day procedure to remove the clot. A filter was first inserted into my vena cava vein to catch any clot particles that break off. (That is expected to remain there as a long term preventative measure not uncommon with multiple DVT episodes.) Then a clot busting drug will drip into my vein via a catheter and each day for a number of days I will go into surgery and have the loosened portion cleaned out and a new trouble spot tackled. That is only an hour or two per day. The rest of the time? Flat on my back, no sitting up in bed, in the intensive care unit. (It will end up being 4 days.)
This is medical science at its best trying get my blood flowing through my vein again.
From my journal:
Father, your river of life is stopped up at places ad not able to have the life giving flow you desire. Please bust the clots of religion, of tradition, of whatever keeps your river of life from flowing as it should. Let the operation today in the physical be a prayer and plea for you to do int he spiritual. Even let it be your prophetic proclamation and intent as your work through the people and procedure today. Let it be so your river flows into the dry and dusty places of our lives.
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