Heart to Hart!

Have been preparing for the big Bill Glass Prison weekend in Orlando.
I had a stop to make before the National Day of Prayer Service, Thursday night; at our church and then on to Orlando for the Prison weekend.
The stop was at my Cardiologist's office for another check up. Thursday afternoon.
While there during the check we found that the pain I continued to experience was my heart in distress (Again!)
A-Fib. Doc says it is deterioating. Worse than a month ago for the last A-Fib marathon. He wanted to admit me and get thing normal but, I told him I couldn't because I had to be in Orlando for the prison weekend. He told me if I went I would just continue to feel lousy. And that it would get worse. Man was he right! I ended up really whacked out today. (Sunday)
The Prison weekend was great! THere was an open-ness among the inmates like I have necer seen before. There were 1600 first time decisions. I led over 130 to the Lord myself. We were really short on counselors. Had to do a lot counseling myself after my shows.
Want to bring you up to date on my heart situation. My a-fib is getting worse. Meds are not working, the shock treatment can't continue, so the doctor is wanting to admit me on Monday. They will bring the heart into normal rhythm.
He will begin using some medication to prepare the heart for a type of a procedure called an radio frequency ablation. They will then send me to either Shands or the Tampa Heart Institute for this procedure. He doesn't want to do it here because his confidence in the local guy is minimal. The ablation is a procedure where they burn (kill) the part of the heart causing the Tacycardia. It seems to be fairly successful. http://circ.ahajournals.org/cgi/content/full/106/25/e203
The only thing that will change the schedule is if they can't have me back by Friday for Bethany's Graduation. I'm really hoping to put it off till next week. Either way he is going to get me back to normal rhythm tomorrow and Tuesday.
Pray for the procedures, graduations and more shows. The last couple of weeks of health stuff and car stuff has killed my savings account.
Kind of a weird deal. The doctor tells me to watch my diet, no over the counter drugs, lose weight and NO STRESS. Then I get the bill! : )
Love ya!
In His Grip,
Greg