Prayers for my dad

Hi everyone, I don?t post often, but I drop by all the time to see what everyone is up to, and fish vicariously through the folks at FAOL, since I haven?t been on the water much this year. I have a big favor to ask?I humbly request your prayers for my dad. He doesn?t fish, but I know you won?t hold that against him! He is having a heart valve replacement this Friday and even though he won?t admit it, he?s scared. Scared for all the reasons one would be, but mostly because my mom went into the hospital for surgery just after Thanksgiving 12 years ago and didn?t come home. I know it is weighing heavy on his mind and just ask that the Good Lord watch over him this Friday and ease his mind until then. Thank you in advance.Take care,Mike

Mike, My mother had a valve replaced three years ago in Arizona and she is a spry as ever. Tell him when he gets recovered this whole web sight will be there to teach him how to fish.

Prayer list has one more added here in Wyo.

Good luck and god bless, no time like the present to start learning to FF, well of course after the doc gives the ok..

Tell your dad all the folks from FAOL will be praying for him. I pray his surgery goes without any problems and I pray he wakes up with renewed strength.

Mac,
You are a very good son to ask even strangers to pray for your dads' well being. This stranger willingly complies.

Mark

I will add my prayers too...

Happy to help - how about a hug for your dad too? Tell him it's from a friend of yours at Fly Anglers OnLine.
LF

Mac,

I'll keep your whole family in my prayers. Please let us know how things go on Friday. Best Regards....

Mike,
You can be assured he & all his loved ones are in my prayers too.
You may also want to remind him that a whole bunch of great folks are praying for him, so he needs to be positive. He'll be fine!
God Bless,
Mike

You can count on some prayers from NorthEast Minnesota.

Prayers from our house as well.

In my prayers also......Rob

my heart and thoughts are with him. stranght to him and a steady hand to the doctors.

Prayers here as well that he find peace in the surgery. Heart valve replacement surgery is not that bad anymore. My mom has had every valve replaced at least once and now a pacemaker put in twce. After her last valve replacement she went dancing the day she got out of the hospital.

You can count on my prayers, too. Not only for him, but for you also. And, I'll second the hugs from Dee! We're both huggers!!

Count on me too!

Steve Molcsan

It's my priveledge & pleasure to pray for your dad, Mike...
For smooth surgery, & renewed strength & to guide the surgeon's hands, and for HIM to give your dad courage and no fear. Your friend in Oregon....... Dan

Hi Mike: I know the feeling. I will pray for your dad and for your family. Trust in
God and stay positive. I have a feeling things will go smoothly. Your FAOL friends will be thinking about you.
Bruce

Mac,

Rest assured, he's in our prayers.

Jason

Mike, Prayers from my family to yours. Jim

Mike,

You have my prayers and I know they are heard. Pass our best wishes on to your Dad and as soon as he is able let him read about the friends you and he have.

Thank You All so very much. You have really lifted my spirits, I will be sure to let Dad know that good folks from all over have him in their prayers.

Mike

Mike, sometimes folks who have requested prayers print out the responses and take them to the person needing the prayers. Seeing the love of others for them can do wonders for someone in need of a little encouragement.

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Originally Posted by MAC in NEOhio

Hi everyone, I don?t post often, but I drop by all the time to see what everyone is up to, and fish vicariously through the folks at FAOL, since I haven?t been on the water much this year. I have a big favor to ask?I humbly request your prayers for my dad. He doesn?t fish, but I know you won?t hold that against him! He is having a heart valve replacement this Friday and even though he won?t admit it, he?s scared. Scared for all the reasons one would be, but mostly because my mom went into the hospital for surgery just after Thanksgiving 12 years ago and didn?t come home. I know it is weighing heavy on his mind and just ask that the Good Lord watch over him this Friday and ease his mind until then. Thank you in advance.Take care,Mike

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Prayers on the way. My Grandpa went in for a successful heart valve replacement in 1976. He was 72 at the time and the valve was supposed to last only 16 years. He died 22 years later at the age of 94 from complications of dementia and the heart valve that had never been replaced was still functioning fine. He ran his own butcher shop until he was 92 when dad had to put him in a home.

Sure we all have our time but he should rest easy because even in 12 years the technology advances quite a bit as do the doctors who use it.

After 2 long days at the hospital, yesterday for tests and a cardiac catherization and today for the surgery I wanted to let you know that Dad is resting but not out of the woods. The surgery took quite a bit longer (8+ hours vs. 5) than planned due to "calcification" of the aorta as well as the valve. The Dr. had to graft his aorta with dacron before being able to replace the valve and do a bypass on one artery. Due to the extent of the damage to the aorta they had to completely shut down all blood flow except to his head while cooling Dad way down to accomplish the task. I thank God for the gifted surgeon and staff. Dad is in ICU with the ventilator tube still in, but hopefully that will be removed tonight or early tomorrow. I thank you for your prayers and ask for them to continue.

Thank you all,

Mike

My thoughts are with your Dad, you, and your family. Glad to see that the first stage is over and he's in recovery mode now. Hopefully he'll make up for the longer than average surgery with a shorter than average recovery time. All the best.

- Jeff

And our prayers include you too. Hang in there, you are a good son.

Mike,

Thanks for the update. You, your dad and your family remain in my prayers. Best Regards....

Same here Mike. Still praying.

Mike
I'll keep praying for your Dad and for you.

That is actually quite encouraging news. Sounds like they were able to nip some other life threatening issues in the bud.

Prayers continue.

You are correct Nighthawk. Doc said stroke waiting to happen.