Plans Change Quickly

This life is fleeting.  You never know what may come, or go.  Monday we had plans for many errands.  It was going to be a busy day but not hectic.  We were going to try to make another attempt to vote, head to the grocers, Costco, the bank, the post office and maybe eat lunch out some where.  

We were having a relaxing morning as usual.   While checking email one came in from our church with the name of my best friends wife as the subject.  It was a very short email with no details.  She was in ICU and needed prayers.  We just saw her the night before and she was fine.

I immediately texted my friend to find out more.  She had gotten sick and was throwing up and started having seizures, at least 5.  He had to have EMS out to the house and then transported to the ER.  It was a mixture of failures at the ER.  The doctor was relying on test results alone and told them everything was normal and he had to release her.  Then she had two more episodes while he was out of the room.  She wasn't having seizures after all, her heart was stopping, for as long as 30 seconds. So the ER doc decided that maybe something was wrong after all.  We are still waiting on word of what the next steps will be.  She has had no history of any heart issues.  The preliminary thoughts are that she has a syndrome/condition ( I forget the name) that certain triggers can cause your heart to stop.  Sometimes it restarts on it's own, other times it may need help to restart.  We have a mutual friend that has this also, so it is not real rare.  They have to find what the trigger is.  The immediate thought is to place a pacemaker, but they don't really know yet.  Another specialist will have to determine that for sure.

I tell this only to emphasize that there are no guarantees in this life.  You have no promise of tomorrow, no promise of your well laid plans coming to fruition.  No promise of another breath.  She was fortunate in that it happened while her husband was home and not while she was driving, or taking care of her small grandchildren alone.  It could easily have been much worse.  With this sort of uncertainty in life, there is no real comfort for your mind unless you have your soul right with God.

Our plans for today will be similar to our plans for yesterday while waiting word on what the next steps the doctors will take.  But we aren't certain, but we are prepared and have that peace that passes all understanding.

Happy Trails