I really don't know how to start, so I'll just jump right in. On Thursday I was in the right place at the right time, and I experienced the tender mercy of the Lord because of it.
My friend Cathie and I were visiting another friend in the hospital. As we were leaving I felt some abdominal pain, and as soon as I said this to Cathie, I started to black out. In a matter of minutes I went from being perfectly fine to blacking out in an elevator, extreme pain, 60/40 blood pressure and sweating like crazy. Cathie rushed me to the ER (just down the hall) where I was given immediate and excellent care.
Through the course of my stay, the doctors figured out that I had an ectopic pregnancy. Remember that miscarriage I thought I had a couple of weeks ago? Guess not. The baby was growing in my left fallopian tube, and it ruptured while I was leaving the hospital. As it turns out, the doctors consider this life threatening due to the risk of bleeding out. To make a long story short, they operated and got got everything fixed up by that evening. I came home Friday evening and am recovering nicely.
I have no doubt that I was on the Lord's errand when we visited our friend and that I was blessed because of it. I hate to imagine what could have happened if I'd been home with the kids, or driving somewhere. I am grateful to know that the Lord is mindful of me.
4 years ago