Way to knock a year out of the park...

I posted the following note on Facebook to let people know about Kevin's heart procedure done on December 29, 2008. Thought I would post it here to:

Thank you to everyone who has been praying for Kevin. I thought this might be an easy way to inform everyone about what is going on.As some of you know, Kevin has had some abnormal heart rhythms since college. His condition went undiagnosed up until recently. In the past year and a half, his elevated heart rates have become more serious and harder for him to "control" and bounce back from. This led us on a journey of finding answers.That journey lead us to an episode in June that allowed Kevin to get a recording of his abnormal heart rhythm, which lead us to a specialist that could give us a name and a few solutions to his problem. Kevin has a condition called SupraVentricular Tachycardia (I feel so smart typing that). The options presented to him were to:1) do nothing but wait for it to get worse 2) take beta blockers for the rest of his life or 3) have a heart ablation done where they weave their way to his heart through a main artery in his leg, map out the electrical impulses of his heart, find out where they were short-circuiting to cause the elevated heart rate, then burn those short-circuit spots and stabilize his heart rhythms.Option 1 did not seem like an acceptable option.Kevin did not want to sign up for medication for the rest of his life. Option 2 out.So that left Option 3. While it is considered a "non-surgical" procedure and low-risk...we were understandably nervous and...well...a little freaked out. They would still be burning spots in his heart for Pete’s sake!!!So after some really hard and precious conversations, much prayer and Godly counsel we decided to proceed with the procedure. He went into the hospital on Monday morning for pre-op and went into surgery around 1:30 pm. The procedure went well. The Dr. was able to find the short-circuit and fix it. He feels very positive about the results and does not expect any further episodes. They kept him overnight in the hospital for observation and now we are home.He is sore and exhausted but otherwise fine. He isn't supposed to pick up anything heavier than 5 pounds...no exercise for a couple weeks. He is trying to tell me the Dr. ordered a 2 hour back rub every night...but that could just be the pain medication talking. So we have made it to the other side of this ordeal and are feeling so grateful to God for so many things! We are thanking Him for protecting Kevin's life in this area and the multitude other areas we are not even aware of. We are praising Him for how intricately He has created the human body. We are in awe of how complex we are and that He knows every fiber of our being. We are grateful that He creates really smart people who can study the human body and learn how to fix parts of it. Grateful for smart techy people who can make machines and computers that can take a look at what He has created and find out where things are sick or going wrong. Nurses who were by Kevin's side the entire time, calling me with updates every hour...or helping with recovery. Feeling blessed that He has surrounded us with Family and Friends who have prayed, laughed and cried with us throughout this process...sat in pre-op rooms, waiting rooms and recovery rooms to let us know we were loved and not alone. God has been amazing and steadfast...He has been strong and ultimately He has been and is GOOD!Thank you for your prayers. Thank you for loving us.

UPDATE:
As of today, Kevin is still experiencing some dizziness and light-headedness...which are not normal for him...so we went to the Dr. today and had another EKG and ECHO done. Should here from the Dr. in the next 5-7 days. You read that right. SHOULD hear from the Dr. in 5-7 DAYS. Please pray with us that it is sooner than that and that the Lord would heal him completely. He is discouraged that he is not "bouncing back" from the procedure as we had hoped he would.