[Faith-talk] Update on Curtis Martin

[Linda Mentink]

>Hi all,


This is from Curtis' wife.



>update on my husband
>hi
>sorry i haven't been writing. things are a bit calmer, but we are in
>the waiting stage of everything now. curtis was able to find a
>cardiologist that
>would take his insurance wednesday. The dr. examined him and agreed
>that he will need surgery, but he wants to do all the tests over again
>to see exactly
>what needs to be done. curtis will have a test monday and another test
>wednesday of next week. not sure how fast they will move after that.
>his dr does feel more than likely, he will have to undergo open heart
>surgery and will more than likely have to have valve replacement.
>pray with us that god gives us and dr. and all others involved the
>propper plan of action. pray that curtis will not get any worse. as of
>now, his heart
>i think is only at a 45 percent capacity. he is very tired, has
>breathing issues, doesn't really want to eat, stays cold all the time.
>his blood circulation
>is very poor because of his valve not pumping correctly. i believe they
>said that his mitro valve is regorgitating which means something like
>the blood
>is being pushed into the lungs which fill up with blood/mucus.
>pray for us as we still try to figure out the plans ahead. i would like
>to be there with him as much as possible, especially for several days
>after surgery.
>we need to line up babysitters etc.
>pray for th e kids also as we try to finish up schooling and get the
>test maybe out of the way. we don't know how much time we have before
>curtis goes
>to the hospital.
>pray for the surgery to go exceedingly well and recovery to be a lot
>faster and easier than expected. pray that the heart/valve is not too
>damaged. he
>has had 2 other open heart surgeries, 7 stints put in, and about 7 or so
>heart attacks already!!!! his heart has been through quite a beating!!!!
>also, pray that the dr will be very careful during surgery since
>curtis's lung is still exposed from the last open heart surgery. the
>last surgeon didn't
>put the lung completely back. the lung is not under all the tissues etc
>it is supposed to be under.
>thanks.
>
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