They had found a thickening of the wall of his left ventricle in his heart, and then about a week ago, Nathan started experiencing trouble breathing. They had done a series of 3 chest Xrays. The second showed an increase in fluid in his lungs, and he was put on oxygen. It was pretty scary he would desat so often, I hated hearing the alarm go off. He even started de-sating while on oxygen which was worrisome. Then over the weekend his breathing started getting better, and the chest Xray showed an improvement. The echocardiogram was yesterday. I expected it to be better too. Much to our surprise it showed an infusion on his heart. There was an accumulation of fluid between the sac and the heart, and was putting pressure on his heart. This is a very serious condition in which if left untreated may prevent his heart from pumping blood. He had a procedure today called a tap, in which they extracted the fluid from around his heart. It was performed in a special OR called a cardiac cath lab. They got a half an ounce (15mL) of fluid. There should be 1 mL. He left the fluid behind the heart because it was too difficult to reach (about another 10mL). We will be staying in the Pediatric Intesive Care Unit overnight.
It never ceases to amaze me how God uses others to encourage and speak to us. The cleaning lady came in today and told the story of her, her sister and her mom's battle with cancer. She kept telling me, "be positive and stand on what you know". I thought of these scriptures:
The LORD is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer; my God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
Psalm 18:2
Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. The rain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beat against that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
Matthew 7:24-25
The Lord is my rock and my foundation. It is through him I have hope and strength. I do not have the strength on my own, I must rely on him. I must not look even to my husband for comfort and strength, but look to our almighty father. I sometimes long to find comfort in people or things here on earth. The lord is using this circumstance to say: come to me, depend on me and nothing else. My joy in the Lord must not be situational. I pray that I can grow in the Lord and let the Lord be my source and strength. I will stand on what I know!
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