Lifting Up Dad From Our Knees.....: An Easter Miracle

Thursday, March 22, 2007

An Easter Miracle

The miracle of Easter has never been more real to me than it is this year. The King of Kings, and the Lord of Lords has visited my life in the most amazing ways thru this experiance of Jims accident. He has, for reasons I may never know, chosen to show us in the most personal of ways, his power, might and deep love. Many weeks ago, I asked God to just let me see my husbands eyes. Not only did he answer my prayer, but in more ways than I can number, provided miracle after miracle, and love abounding. A week or so ago, Jason numbered the many answered prayers we received, against all odds. Many, many of you have been the angels arms of comfort, encouragement, love and practical needs. But today, I was given a gift for my heart, from God, thru Jim, to me. I heard the words, " I Love You," come from my husbands own mouth.

If you have followed Jim's story of recovery from the beginning, and the chances of this ever happening, you will celebrate with me this miracle of love. God is so good, all the time. Alleluia!

Sue

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Anonymous said...: This was really wonderful to read...thank you for sharing this with us...and to share some more spirit and joy of Easter d drop by my blog on Easter Wishes and enjoy all that's there!!!; March 23, 2007 at 1:17 AM
Anonymous said...: Sue,
Hugs to You! Wonderful news!
Sheri; March 23, 2007 at 9:04 AM
Anonymous said...: Susie,
That was so thrilling to read! We are so happy and join you in praising God for His love and answering our prayers. We continue to pray for Jim's progress and look forward to seeing you soon. Count our love and support.
Ann and Kev; March 23, 2007 at 9:23 AM
Anonymous said...: how very precious :)
that says alot more than just the
words :)
brings tears to my eyes...
praise God who's blessings are
new every morning
love you
helen & steve; March 23, 2007 at 2:42 PM
Anonymous said...: Maley's,
What a wonderful blessing!! This whole event truly shows the power and might of our dear Lord!! It also shows the strength and determination of your beloved Jim. I am so happy for you all!! You all are such an encouragement to everyone with such a positive attitude and always giving the glory to the Lord. I pray daily for Jim's recovery and your strength. Thank you for keeping us up to date on Jim's progress and allowing us to know how to specifically pray for you all.
Miss you and Love you all!!!!
Misty Wallin; March 23, 2007 at 11:38 PM
Anonymous said...: We are celebrating, with you, this very special answer to prayer and we continue to pray. Thanks to all of the family for continuing to update the blog. It is such a help is keeping us connecting and guiding us in praying for you all.
Dale and Mary Kay; March 24, 2007 at 8:35 AM
Anonymous said...: Sue,
I am sitting here so happy for you that I can not even express in words all my emotions. What a wonderful gift from God. I love you all!
Merrie; March 24, 2007 at 10:55 AM
Admin said...: What a wonderful Easter gift from the Lord!

THANK YOU for sharing it with your readers.

We are praying for more miracles, day by day, as God does His work in Jim.

God bless...; March 24, 2007 at 2:06 PM
Anonymous said...: ...tears in my eyes. Praise the Lord!!

Karen; March 24, 2007 at 2:52 PM
Anonymous said...: Sue,

Thank you for sharing I know what it had to have meant to hear such loving words come from your loving wonderful husband. I pray every day for you and your family. May God continue to guide you and show you his works. Blessings to you.

All my love

Amanda; March 27, 2007 at 10:42 AM
Anonymous said...: Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God!
How unsearchable his judgments,
and his paths beyond searching out!
Rom 11: 33
We are rejoicing with you.
Love, JILL Howell; March 27, 2007 at 1:39 PM

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The story as we know it...

On Friday morning (Jan. 19th) around 10:50am, i recieved a call from my brother Joe telling me that he needed me at the house. I asked him what for and he told me that dad had hurt himself somehow...he had a black eye, his nose was bleeding and was "a little beat up". I immediatly got into my car and started heading that way. I called Joe back and asked him for more details and he told me that he was having a hard time getting dad up. I told him to call the EMS and he said that he thought Jason had already done that and he was on his way. When i pulled up, i saw the EMS was already there. I walked in and i saw Jason, Anna, Joe and several EMS people along with dad sitting on a gurney. They imediately took dad out in the EMS...not knowing what was wrong...just that something really wasnt right. We followed the EMS to parkview ER and had to go wait. Mom met us there as she flew across town to get there. We had to wait a long time (it seemed like days!) before we were told what was going on. The chaplain kept coming out to "brief"us...but thats all it was, a "brief". Finally, the ER doctor called the family together and told us the news...dad has a broken neck and he is bleeding in and on his brain on both sides....this is very serious. "Its a bad deal" the ER doc kept on saying, but we had to wait until the surgeon would come in and take a look at the CT scan before we could find out for certian what was wrong. Dr. Young finally came in and said that he had looked at dad and his scan. Dr. Young was very "matter of fact" with us which was good. We needed that! He told us very similar things to what the ER doctor told us. He said that dad had broke his neck, C2 to be exact. He also said that he was bleeding in several areas in his brain. He needed brain surgury immediatly. On a scale of one to ten...with ten being the worst...dad was a "plus 10". Dad went into surgury and was there for 3.5 hours or so...he came out of surgury fine but we found out the damage was worse than they had thought. They had to remove some of the damaged area and he would be on life support. We were told that the next 3-10 days are life and death...or very critical. What we think what happend is something as follows: Dad was sleeping down in the basement which is a normal thing. Between 8:30am and 10:30am, he tried going upstairs. This info is a little sketchy because we werent there, but based on some of the info that we have seen, we think that he tripped on the stair going up and fell...hitting his right eye on the stereo and then hitting face first on the ground. This created the damage that we are aware of. We spoke with the cardiologist today and found out that dad has also had a heart attack with in the last eight days, but they have not figured out exactly when. There is a thought that this might have caused the fall be we are uncertain. Dad is in stable but "second to second" condition. If and when dad comes out of the "coma" state, there will likely be many months of therapy that needs to be done, plus until the brain issues are resolved, they can not even think about looking at his broken neck. To sum it all up...dad is in very bad condition. We thank you all for all of your prayers and support and all of the food and gifts. Your love for my dad and our family is amazing and we are extremely grateful. We will continue to update you as we know more. Please continue to pray!! Pray for dad (jim) for healing. Pray for mom (sue) that she can continue to be strong. We do know that we most likely havent seen the worst yet. This is when we need your prayers the most. Please feel free to enter your thoughts on this blogspot as we will update you as we know more. We are very thankful for the love you all have shown.

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