Hello Folks,
I live in Lake Charles, La. and teach in a small rural school nearby. I am a teacher/librarian with 500 students, grades pre-k to 12. So far the hardest part of all this is planning to be away from school for a few days...lol. We just started school a couple weeks ago and my little students are "hungry" for books.
My surgery will be in three days, Aug 31st, by Dr. Spiegel in Houston. I am excited but a little nervous. I have total confidence in Dr. Spiegel. He seems very conscientious and thorough. I had pre-op tests (EKG, blood, chest xrays) a few days ago but need to see a cardiologist for an "all clear." My EKG wasn't quite right, but I am thinking it was a bad test because, I had a great treadmill stress test and EKG a few months ago.
I live over two hours from Houston so I made a hotel reservation there for Tuesday night since my surgery is scheduled for 5:30 am Wednesday. I had a hard time getting a room, because Hurricane Katrina is heading for New Orleans, and evacuees are heading west to Houston and other places. I live in Lake Charles which is in southwest La.
I pray mostly for those people who will be hit by the storm, but I also pray that the storm doesn't cause me to postpone my surgery. My husband will be with me for the surgery, unless his work forces him to stay there. He works at an oil refinery nearby, and sometimes the workers are locked in for big storms. I need to remember that God has it all planned out for me.
I must go now to check on the storm. I hope to contact people in Lake Charles, La. who have had the surgery. There is a support group in Westlake, a town west of here, but I would also like to see a group here in my city.
Thanks for listening.
Debbie
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