What it was Like to Wear a Linq Heart Monitor for Three Years

The Linq monitor is a small loop recorder, about the size of a small person’s pinky finger. Recently I received an email from a reader (in the Netherlands, believe it or not) asking me for more details about the Linq heart monitor process. I had the Linq heart monitor inside my chest, near my heart, for three years. The Linq gave my electrophysiologist more information about the arrythmias I was experiencing. This diagnosis of a serious heart arrhythmia can scare […]

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When Trusting God with Your Heart Gets Very Real

A couple of weeks ago something strange happened. Four mornings in a row I woke up at 4am with my heart pounding and my chest all tight and uncomfortable. “What. Weird. Why can’t I go back to sleep?” I thought, as I stared at the clock. 4am. That’s a time I usually only see if we make foolish airplane travel plans. April does not do early. Pound.Pound.Pound.Pound.Pound. Well, I can’t possibly go to sleep like this! I felt more like […]

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Update on my Pain Battle: Things are getting better!

      Today I went to my very first cardiology appointment ever. It was both helpful and confusing at the same time. My cardiologist thinks all of my pain and heart issues are probably related. Structurally, my heart looks superb, but the beat and the blood pressure are too high. She thinks this may be autoimmune in nature. And then she said two things I would rather have not heard. Don’t worry, it’s actually kind of funny: “No exercise […]

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“My flesh also will rest in hope.” Psalm 16:9

This morning I struggled with my precious but incredibly clingy two-year-old. The problems of life that I cannot get off my mind swirled around in my brain. I found comfort in these promises from God’s Word. “Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.”   Psalm 16:1 “My flesh also will rest in hope. For you will not leave my soul in Sheol, nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption. You will show me […]

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