Prayers for August 5 2014

Thankful for Health Care Fields

This morning I overheard a man say he was going in for surgery today.

I did not know the man or the kind of surgery.

That reminded me of the whole field of surgery.

I considered that surgery is not possible without anesthesiology.

It is a little amazing that a patient can have minor or major surgery and not feel it.

There are those in the field of anesthesiology that are critical but do not get much recognition.

That led me to think of other areas of health care that I feel grateful for today.

I have had many dental challenges all my life.

I have had lots of fillings, braces, crowns and now dentures.

I am glad that my dentures fit and work so well.

I can eat foods I could not before these dentures.

The field of dentistry is amazing.

I wear reading glasses that are 3.0 magnification.

I had my eyes examined and got costly prescription glasses.

But they broke and I could not afford to replace them.

Instead I got some readers from the discount store for only 6 dollars.

They have been working great for a very long time.

I cannot read without these.

The whole field of eye care is amazing

Then I was thinking about the field of prosthetics.

Those who were injured can get an artificial replacement.

This includes feet, legs, arms, hands and more.

There are videos of wounded soldiers using them.

Also those that were in auto accidents or sports injuries use them.

This whole field is amazing.

Finally I thought about how while many have access to these others do not.

My heart hurts sometimes when I see videos of those in developing countries.

They do not have access to the most basic health care.

There are children dying daily of preventable diseases.

There are parents that cannot afford medicines for their children and for themselves.

I am grateful for those organizations that have been reaching out to help them for decades.

There are more than 7 billion people on our shared planet.

I was fortunately to have been born into the top 1 billion.

Those in the bottom 2 billion barely survive on less than 2 dollars a day.

I have been working hard on launching an educational nonprofit.

It will be used to help bridge that gap with awareness, links and educational modules.