...PRIASE HIM from whom all blessings flow!

So, at Hospice's insistence, we headed back to the doctor to verify Mom's "condition." There was one little twist. With this heart cath, she requested that if possible that they put stints in during the procedure. Well. Knowing how risky that would be, a simple procedure now becomes quite possibly a death sentence. So, somehow, all 7 of us managed to be there that special morning thinking of the likelihood of losing her. Told her goodbye, said we'll be praying, see ya in a little bit......then she was gone and we waited. As the doctor walked out into the waiting room and called for the Dean family, we all rose, walked toward the little room he indicated, tried to read the news on his face. He seemed a little amused as we continued to file past him (there were 8 or 9 kids and spouses) and find seats, that we were so concerned over a heart cath. He shut the door and began to explain to us that Mom was fine, great, in fact. There was some blockages, but nothing unusual for someone her age, he said. She could live another 20 years with that heart, he said. No reason to be concerned, he said. You're talking about Joy Dean, right? we said.....then we just sat there and looked at him.....searching, searching. This does not compute! He looked from one of us to the next. I'm sure we all looked dumfounded, because WE WERE! What? Okay. Wait....After about another 10 minutes of questions, concerns and assurances. It began to dawn on us that she was healed. HEALED! O man! Praise God! We couldn't wait to see her, and took turns going back one at a time while still trying to process what a miracle God had done on our behalf! I should let you know, at her next visit with her family doctor, she asked if there had been some mistake with the first tests. NO! he told her. I saw the test results myself the first time. I saw the blockages. They were there! Now they aren't! BLESSED! That's what we are! Receiving that amazing news was the easy part. Now what.....we had no idea what lay before us.....