Saturday, June 16, 2012

The Miracles of my Life

I had so many complications that I had to overcome. My kidneys had failed and my family was told that I would be on dialysis for the rest of my life. I had the stroke and had to relearn to do so many things again. I had to learn how to walk again and how to feed myself. I had all the heart issues. After my hospital stay in Birmingham, I was transferred to a rehab center here in town and was there for a few weeks.
Sometime after I came out of my coma, I heard the song "In the Arms of an Angel". It came out while I was in the coma, but I felt like I knew the song. I knew most of the words of the song. It turns out that while I was in the coma, my family played that song for me over and over.
My mom was a devout Catholic. Her faith was amazing. While I was in the hospital, she had the priest come in to see me many times. One time he had just returned from Lourdes, France and brought with him some of the blessed water from Lourdes. Mom said that he stated that he felt that this was a perfect time to use it and he blessed me with it. She said that it was within a few days after that that I started improving.
God has blessed me and shown His love for me throughout my entire life. My life is filled with His Miracles. He blessed me with the most wonderful parents anyone could ever have and then He used His Miracles to save them and keep them with us longer. Dad safe in Vietnam and Mom with her strength through her illness. He gave me 3 sisters and a brother who were all born healthy, whom we are all very close still and I love very much. I have the most amazing husband. He has been with me through so much. He takes care of me and believes in me. He is my strength. My precious daughter. Every child is miracle, but she is a miracle on top of a miracle. By the words of the physicians, she was so ill that her chances of living were low. God saved her for me. He gave me the best gift that filled my heart with more love than I could have ever imagined. And me....God saved me. Time after time, my body failed and God saved me. Physicians have told me that I had a prognosis of 3 years to live after my last hospitalization. My heart had too much damage. And if I had any further problems, my heart would not survive another surgery and I would have to have a heart transplant. That was 10 years ago this past January. I am one of God's Miracles. I don't know why He saved me...I am no one special. But, I am trying to live the way I think He would want me to...to show Him that I am thankful for his Love. I thank Him for each and every day He has given me. He has let me be with my family and that is the most important thing I could ask for.

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