I am heading over to St. Luke’s Imaging this morning so that they can take a peek inside. They are trying to figure out why I have a pain in my middle. The Emergency Department did a C-Scan a few Sundays ago. That did not show anything that would explain the pain. It did show that much of my inside is in pretty good shape for my age. Lungs clear, aorta fine, kidneys, adrenal glands, liver, pancreas, etc., all looking good.
This morning, I am having a special type of MRI. (MRCP with/without contrast). They are focusing on my bile duct. I had my gallbladder out in my 40’s – where, as the surgeon explained, I was 4F (Fair, Female, Fat & 40).
My internist thinks I have a small stone or some “sludge” in the bile duct that didn’t show up on the C-Scan. Funny to think that a small stone or some “sludge” would cause such a giant pain!
Isn’t amazing what medicine can do now. They have machines that can see inside me and locate a small stone or some “sludge” rolling around in a small piece of duct work.
Even more amazing is what my God can do. By the power of His Holy Spirit in me, He can locate the smallest inkling that isn’t right and warn me. He can encourage the briefest flame of fidelity into a roaring fire. He takes the desires of God’s heart and makes them mine.
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. Point out anything in me that offends you, and lead me along the path of everlasting life.” [Psalm 139:23-24 NLT]
