August 31, 2012

• Oh Happy Day!!!

  I am filled with joy and indescribable relief today after seeing the vascular surgeon (aneurysm specialist) at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis. Dr. Motoganahalli spent a lot of time with me (and my “angel” Betty Haffner) explaining how he can do the less  invasive EVAR procedure to repair my abdominal aortic aneurysm. He had my CT scan on his computer and clearly described and explained what would be done. So Oct. 2nd will be the big day and I will be able to come back home the next day! I have the “joy, joy, joy, joy down in my heart.” Betty had to restrain me from showering the doctor with hugs and kisses! I thank God for prayers answered and for intervening and stopping the other surgery at the last minute!

   

  I also am so very thankful for friends who kept nagging me to get a second opinion and for my primary care physician who urged me (made me promise her) to see a specialist in the big city. General practioners or family care doctors, as they are sometimes called, are under-appreciated sometimes. Mine is such a caring woman who has always given me good advice….very good advice! By the way, I did ask this surgeon lots of questions including the one Dr. Zakiah Ali suggested. I feel so much more confident and at peace about all this. I like Dr. Motoganahalli very much…..and not just because he said, “You certainly don’t look 80 years old” to which Betty chimed in, “She doesn’t act it either.” 

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