United Sufferings

As I said in an earlier post, I asked Jesus and Mary to unite my sufferings with theirs during Lent.  Well, I have learned that I better be careful about what I pray for!

The ER Trauma nurse stuck me 15 times but could not get an IV started in my arms or hand.
Finally the ER Doctor decided to put in a large catheter into my left Jugular vein.  He had to stick me twice even to do that.
They needed a certain size big enough to put contrast through to get an Arteriogram CT to check my lung.
That's how they found the Blood clot and a soft tissue mass in the large artery in my left lung.
These are new findings.  They had found blood clots in my left arm as well as finding my left subclavian area were completely accluded back in August.  They caused a clot that traveled to my heart.

They had to move the IV to the other side of my neck.

When I went to surgery to have the port-a-cath placed,
I awakened to see that both feet also had  IV's...
Praise the Lord for the port-a-caths.

I complained about being stuck so much with a tiny needle.

then I looked down at my Crucifix.

Jesus was nailed to the Cross!