I have been a widow since 1988, I live alone and in the middle of the night I was rushed to Beaumont Hospital by ambulance and received the diagnosis of gangrene of the intestines. I went into hospital with 40 feet of intestines, I now have 5 feet, and you must have 4 feet to live. (All the information I share here was told to me). I had five surgeries in one week’s time, and while in hospital my body contracted five major diseases where only one person out of 10 million survive, just one of those diseases, I was that one person. I was in hospital 3 months, in a coma two months. (Who am I that God is so mindful of me)?
The doctors called my family in to inform them that they had done everything they learned in medical school and nothing had worked, so they now had to take me off life support. They further tried to comfort them by saying, don’t worry, she will be gone in 25 minutes. My youngest daughter said to the doctors, we appreciate all you have done for our Mom, you did your bests, but our Mom will not die, but live. The doctors laid down their writing instruments, look at other doctors, scratched their heads, and said okay.
They proceeded to take me off life support and as they unplugged different equipment, I started moving, trying to talk, and the team of doctors were shocked, asking what’s going on, this is not supposed to be, and they looked noticed I was breathing on my own. In sympathy they said to my children, if she continue to live, she will be a vegetable.
I couldn’t wrap my heard around that, me being alive and a vegetable. That would not be an abundant life for me, so maybe the doctors meant I was supposed to GROW vegetables. Never had a garden in my life, I rented a plot of land to grow vegetables and ate vegetables from my own garden. While in the garden a man told me about Biblical Christian Counseling.
I enrolled, and received my certification for Biblical Counseling July 20, 2014, and now so happy to participate in God’s transformation power in other men, women, boys and girls lives. I am honored. I am no vegetable, I have held many positions since this time, including being on church Board, preaching word of God, in plays, senior citizen news reporter at Cable 15, Celebrity Reader for children in Southfield, and assisted at Northville Christian School as well.
I am grateful for all the folks that showed up to support my children during this serious/anxious time for them. Many Pastors told me they were there, and how their prayers were the ones that brought me through, etc. I have visited different churches where Pastors wanted me to share my testimony and they added it was their prayer that brought me through. (Please, can God get the glory He is due)? However, there was one young minister at that time, I was told, came and sat with my children, did not try to give them any false hope, he just sat there with them and his presence made all the difference in the world to all my children. He is so vivid in their hearts and minds and they speak of him often. His name is Glen (Tyrone) Love, who is a Pastor at this time. Thank you Pastor Glen for being there with and for my children and show them the LOVE your name signify.
Today, I celebrate ten years ago this day, by being in a reflective mode, in the house and just enjoying a non-busy day listening to Don Moen singing. I am so grateful for my Heavenly Father’s steadfast love, and the fact that I just want to be where my Heavenly Father is, wherever He is moving, that is exactly where I want to be.
