Mama has her Procedure
 From The Holy Trinity by Pietro Novelli |
She was in the special procedures department of Providence Hospital for a very long time.
All kinds of thoughts and prayers went through my mind during this interval.
She tolerated the cath procedure well for the most part, with the worst aspect being the length and the fact that she was awake the entire time.
I won't go into any details but suffice it to say I was sweating bullets into the third hour.
I experienced a great relief when she was rolled back into the recovery room where I had been waiting.
She says there is unlikely to be a next time if there is no anesthesia.
Something about the nature of the procedure was disconcerting from a standpoint of my visions of ongoing maintenance procedures every five years or so.
I'm still basking in the afterglow of relief.
Praise to The Father, Son, and Holy Spirit from whom all blessings flow.