Mistakes to Miracles

It was a convoluted set of circumstances gone out of control! Then again, maybe it was a miracle in the making?

The tangled web began as a routine medical checkup for a fellow who was feeling perfectly fit. As the doctor listened to his heart, he heard an irregularity. Doctor and patient visited a bit, and the doctor listened again – this time all seemed well. Confused, he listened several more times, but each time he came to a different conclusion. The baffled doctor decided to investigate.

Next was the echocardiogram. Doctor and patient waited day after day, and calls were continually made to the hospital lab, but the reports were lost. Once the results and CD did arrive, the computer had problems reading the disk. It took another 10 days to get the results on tape instead of disk!

At long last the tape was studied and the doctor agreed emphatically with the accompanying diagnosis. The news stung like a bee – severe aortic regurgitation. The treatment was replacement of the aortic valve.

After weeks of frustration, worry, and a myriad of agitating twists and turns, an angiogram was scheduled. It was the last stumbling block before setting a date for surgery to replace the faulty valve.

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The day prior to the angiogram, the man and his wife ran a few necessary errands in preparation for what might be. Then – there it was at the wife's feet – a penny glinting in the sunlight! She hastily picked it up, just as she had done without fail since the death of their daughter, Dana, in 2002. Only this time the penny had the date of 2002, as none had before. That evening she polished the penny until it glistened.

As the man was rolled into the catheterization lab, his wife stood anxiously caressing the penny. Suddenly, behind her she heard, "Dana, we're over here." She spun around to see a young woman with the same physical characteristics and blond hair as her own daughter, Dana. She knew right then that she was not alone in the cold, drab waiting room; it was yet another reminder that Dana was with her in spirit. As goose bumps raced from her head to her toes, a sense of calm washed over the worried wife like a gentle spring breeze.

Results of the catheterization were as puzzling as the chain of events leading up to the procedure. The aortic valve was healthy and functioning like a fine-tuned machine, but 99% blockage had been found in one artery! A stent was placed in position and the man was discharged the following morning. He had been on the verge of a heart attack and possibly death, just as sure as if he'd been hanging from a mountain cliff with one hand tied behind his back.

God does work in mysterious ways – angels are sent to comfort those in need – and miracles do happen…

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