NOTE: The Healing Garden, Mayo Clinic, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: Thank you to the thoracic surgeons, the surgical team, and the entire medical staff at the Mayo Clinic, Luther Campus, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA. My husband’s CABG was performed on September 4, 2020. Bruce is progressing well in his recovery. This was a shock to us, an unexpected development, for he is a healthy person (ah, genetics). I hold the deepest gratitude for our health-care professionals. They are the angels, the heroes, the bright spots, and the gift-givers. Prime Movers indeed.
PHOTO: The author’s husband at the Mayo Clinic, Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Jeannie E. Roberts has authored four poetry collections, including The Wingspan of Things (Dancing Girl Press, 2017), Romp and Ceremony (Finishing Line Press, 2017), Beyond Bulrush (Lit Fest Press, 2015), and Nature of it All (Finishing Line Press, 2013). In 2019, her second children’s book, Rhyme the Roost! A Collection of Poems and Paintings for Children, was released by Daffydowndilly Press, an imprint of Kelsay Books, Inc. She is also the author and illustrator of Let’s Make Faces! (author-published, 2009). An award-winning poet, she is a member of the Wisconsin Fellowship of Poets and is poetry reader and editor of the online literary magazine Halfway Down the Stairs. When she’s not reading, writing, or editing, you can find her drawing and painting, or outdoors photographing her natural surroundings.
Jeannie this was our exact experience with my husband…a surprise diagnosis for some one active and with no symptoms–but the genetics!! His surgery was 17 years ago and he has had no issues at all. As you say, such gratitude for all the caretakers!!
Mary,
Thank you for your message. I’m so happy to know your husband is doing well and hasn’t had any issues. Yes, we hold much gratitude…
Hi Jeannie ,
I have a book I would like to send you. I’m glad your husband is doing good.
Very moving and meaningful Jeannie.