Monday; May 24
Twenty-four months ago I wasn’t sure what to expect. I was fading in and out of consciousness following my surgery in the ICU at Washington Hospital. A couple days earlier I had no idea what a bypass procedure entailed, but by that point I was the veteran of five of them. I have been one of the blessed patients. I was released from the hospital after just a few days, then able to return to work a short time later. Thanks to the Lord’s grace and a skilled surgeon, about the only reminder I have of my surgery is a scar in the middle of chest. As I emotionally processed through the second anniversary of my surgery, I had some mixed emotions; but the overwhelming feeling was just how blessed I am. Not only am I grateful for an uneventful recovery, I am thankful that my operation came in 2019, not 2020 at the beginning of the COVID pandemic. Yes, I am on a steady diet of medications since my procedure, but I am blessed that we live in time where most of my issues can be controlled by