stories with Molly·Sep 21My Son Canceled My Wife’s Heart Surgery to Fund His Father-in-Law’s Pool Party — Then the Hospital…One phone call from the hospital nearly froze my body on the night my wife was to go under.
InFaithful WritersbyI. M. Koen·Sep 15787 Part 2: The Year of Open-Heart SurgeryWhen God stops treating the symptoms and changes the heart.A response icon6A response icon6
TJ Anderson·Jul 29Why I Can’t Tell My Open-Heart Surgery Story… YetI’ve been trying to write this essay for years.
Ryan Rodarmer·May 7My Aortic Journey: The Dark Recovery Room, and What Came AfterThis is Part 3 of a three-part series about my journey with thoracic aortic disease. Part 1 | Part 2. In Part 2, my aorta dissected while I…
Kenzie _R·Apr 19Recovery Entry 10Anyone else tired of getting wilted roses?A response icon2A response icon2
Kenzie _R·Mar 15Recovery Entry 8I think I’ve made a medium sized step, without me really trying.A response icon1A response icon1
Arockia·Feb 2It’s just another day, really!?!Feb. 2 is an important day for Catholics. The day of the Presentation of the Lord, when Mary and Joseph presented their infant Jesus in the…A response icon1A response icon1
Aman·Jan 8Open-Heart Surgery in 2005 vs 2025: The Unexpected DifferencesWitnessing two generations undergo the same life-saving surgery, decades apart, taught me truths I was unprepared to face.
Kenzie _R·Nov 14, 2025Recovery Entry 3When I got home, it all felt surreal. Like the hospital would call and ask to have me back for another week. I mean being there for five…A response icon1A response icon1
Brian Rouff·Sep 19, 2025Borrowed TimeToday marks the two-year anniversary of the aortic valve replacement surgery that nearly killed me. Although considered a “routine…
