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The bypass

This post is long overdue.  To be honest, I was not sure if I was ever going to write it.  I have avoided it until now, because I did not want to think about the anxious days leading up to Isaiah's bypass, the difficult days after his surgery or the excruciatingly painful day of the actual operation.  These were the darkest days of my life. In most of my posts I attempt to weave in a theme or drive home a main point, but this time I will not even attempt to do so.  I simply want to share part of my family's experience with you.  I am sure there will be many details that have been forgotten due to the chaos of those days and others that have been blocked out by my heart and mind.  Please forgive any errors I may make with regards to medical details or terminology.  Keeping all that straight can be a challenge even on the best of days. Friday, April 5th, 2013 - Devastating news Isaiah finally went in for his cardiac catheterization on the Friday. He was unable to have i