Our incredible journey is finished.

[melanie2]

This journey started the Thursday following Mother's Day in early May...
David comes home early for lunch, telling me he isn't feeling very good...or well...at first i think perhaps he's coming down with something...then he tells me he's been experiencing tightness and some chest burning...immediately my blood runs cold...his next words are to the effect that he's never been seriously ill...and then when i ask how long this has been going on, he tells me six months...
And as we drove to the ER that day...our incredible journey began...
You know the rest...how he failed the stress test...how he had to be cathed...how stents would not help and that he needed open heart surgery...
In the midst of this journey, i first broke down the night after his cath...he stayed overnight, and i came home...i began walking around the house, wringing my hands, crying and thinking he can't have open heart surgery...
The following day after we came home was the only other time i broke down in front of him until after the journey neared it's end...
The morning of his surgery...in pre op...they never gave him anything for nerves...can you imagine???
Now the journey is done...we made this journey together as we make all our journeys thru life together...i stood by him...i stayed strong for his sake...
I realize you all are probably sick to death of this journey by now...this is the last time i shall talk about our journey....
We traveled that long and winding road together...there were twists and turns...a few stops....then the road slowly straightened out and we could see the end of the journey.
OUR JOURNEY IS DONE AND OUR LIFE CAN BEGIN ANEW AGAIN...
Each day is a new start, a new journey...here's to thirty four more years at least of our journey thru life together.

 

[melanie2]

I wrote the following poem and emailed it to my husband's surgeon...he replied saying how much he loved it and that it made his week..

"How do i thank you for saving his life?
How do i thank you, i'm merely his wife.

How did you heal what i cherished for years?
How did you figure his death might be near.

How did you take his heart in your hands?
How did you heal his arterial strands?

How do i thank you for giving him back?
How do i find the words that i sadly lack?

How did you realize without him i'm lost?
How did you know that i'd pay any cost?

Why can't i find the words to express
All that i feel for your miraculous success.

You gave me my husband, my lover, my friend.
You gave us our life to be together til the end.

I thank you, dear Surgeon from deep within my heart.
Because you exist, he and i need not part."

 

[ticklebug101]

I hope you and David continue to have an amazing life together Izzy, and keep eachother strong. I hope one day I can be in as strong a couple as you and your rock. Tons of love xoxo

 

[Miss Sassy1]

Hey Izzy,

Trust me, I know what it's like to go through a bunch of surgeries. I've had I think six open heart surgeries myself, so, though I haven't actually been the one to have to worry about a loved one, I never hear enough how my family suffered through those surgeries. I was too little, so I don't remember if I actually felt pain or not, but most of the heart failures that I had were during surgeries and what not. Anyway, I'm getting off track. I just wanted to say that you and your husband are in my prayers and I"m really glad you guys will have other journeys together. I'm sure you'll be around for at least fifty years, causing trouble as always 🙂 😛

 

[Slaver123]

Glad he came thru! All too familiar with this sort of thing since 2010...(Nearly lost two of my closest friends to heart disease)

 

[paracarl44]

That is one beautiful poem!

I wrote the following poem and emailed it to my husband's surgeon...he replied saying how much he loved it and that it made his week..

"How do i thank you for saving his life?
How do i thank you, i'm merely his wife.

How did you heal what i cherished for years?
How did you figure his death might be near.

How did you take his heart in your hands?
How did you heal his arterial strands?

How do i thank you for giving him back?
How do i find the words that i sadly lack?

How did you realize without him i'm lost?
How did you know that i'd pay any cost?

Why can't i find the words to express
All that i feel for your miraculous success.

You gave me my husband, my lover, my friend.
You gave us our life to be together til the end.

I thank you, dear Surgeon from deep within my heart.
Because you exist, he and i need not part."

^Have you ever considered writing for a Greeting Card Company?:rolleyes^

 

[Hootus1]

Izzy, I know how you feel. After all I went through with my kidney transplant my wife was right by my side. Now it's my turn to be there for her. We found out last thursday that she has breast cancer. What a kick in the gut! she has decided to fight it going the natural route, with herbs and such. i can't blame her. When she was 7, she almost bled to death after having her tonsils out. Her body doesn't clot on the inside. She is scared to death(no pun intended) of any kind of surgery, even a lumpectomy. So good luck to you and david. I hope you have many more years together. Great poem btw.

 

[CellarDweller]

(((Izzy)))

Love the poem!

 

[Rox_My_Sox1]

Happy for ya Izzy. (hugs) Never leave us kay? We wuvs ya. ^_^