The Little Things

There are so many things to be thankful for in spring, not the least of which are purple grapes, thunderstorms, and Claritin D.

Easter Vigil

All day I have been reading articles about controlling infection in post-cardiac surgery patients. They have titles like Mediastinitis Following Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: Pathogenesis, Clinical Presentation, Risks, and Management and Bugs are eating my soul: a case study of sternal abscess, osteomyelitis, and mediastinitis complicating a closed sternal fracture. These articles explain the best medicine has to offer when it comes to treating boggy, calcified, or rotten hearts. We use the strongest antibiotics we have, because once you're heart is infected, it's very hard to root out the blight. Necrotic tissue does not just come back to life.

In a few minutes I will leave for church, where we will have the biggest party of the year. We are celebrating because our hard hearts have been softened and He has washed them white as snow.