Prayers Appreciated...

Well, it has been a crazy 24 hours for the Meurrier family. Yesterday morning, Michael's dad, Mr. Joe, went in for a heart cath because he had been having chest pains, shortness of breath and pressure. Well, they took him into open heart surgery almost immediately after the cath. The main artery that forks off of the heart (sorry for my lack of medical terminology) was 99.99% percent blocked. They said that surgery could not wait. Amazingly, another artery had grown and re-routed the blood around the blockages. That was the only reason that he had not had a massive heart attack. God is amazing in his creation of the human body!!! We are so thankful that he went to the doctor to be checked out because if he had had a heart attack, the doctors said there is a very good chance that it would have been fatal. Mr. Joe is in great physical shape and eats very healthy, but unfortunately, heart disease runs in their family. Therefore, he knew since he was having trouble, he needed to have everything checked out. THANK GOODNES!!!

He is still in ICU and will remain there until tomorrow. He is doing very well except the Decadron (sp?) they are giving him gives him the hiccups. Michael has this same crazy "allergy", but anyway, as you can imagine, the hiccups are very uncomfortable for Mr. Joe with the incision in his chest. I went in to see him this morning for the 9:00 a.m. visit, and he was in pretty good spirits considering all that has happened. He is still trying to figure out what all is going on because he was never really awake after having the cath. He didn't know he had even had surgery until he woke up! I will keep you updated, but in the meantime we would really covet your prayers for:

1. no hiccups so he can rest comfortably

2. a speedy recovery

3. no infection

4. rest and comfort for Mrs. Sandy

5. a good frame of mind for Mr. Joe and that he wouldn't worry about things