Tragic Auto Accident
In March of 1996 at age 76, My beloved
Mother was the victim of a tragic auto accident in the state
of Illinois. She was thrown through the rear window and flew
several hundreds of yards. She suffered multiple internal
injuries including but not limited to: a lacerated liver
(total liver failure), severe kidney damage (total kidney
failure), punctured lung, crushed pelvis, major concussion,
and total body ademia. She was hemorrhaging so much the
night of the accident that the surgeon could not complete
the surgery. He had to put a tent over her open and exposed
internal organs tell the next morning and then again
proceeded with surgery.
I arrived Only, hours later and remain at her bed side for
the next 1 year and 8 months and prayed day in day out,
night after night, week after week and month after month.
When I arrived in Illinois from Denver, only a few hours
after her accident in Illinois from Denver, her body weight
from fluids and ademia had escalated form 117 lbs. to 208
lbs. She was paralyzed from the neck down, in a coma and on
total life support for 10 months. While in the coma and
during the first 10 months she suffered 2 heart attacks, a
major stroke, her lungs had crystallized on the vent, she
was on tub feedings, staff infection ran ramped throughout
her body for months, and she developed Stress Ulcers and had
5 major GI Bleeds, she hemorrhaged and received 108 units of
blood and in the hospital for 1 year and 8 months. Each time
she hemorrhaged, I was at bed side praying as I watched huge
quantities, ! masses and globs of blood pour out of her
mouth, nose and rectum. And, I kept my vigil, many times I
was up for over 24 hours, many nights I slept in a chair at
her bed side or in a chase lounge chair in the intensive
care waiting room or walked the dark streets from my motel
room in the middle of the night to check on her and pray.
She was also diagnosed with hepatitis B and vancomicine
resistant endococi. The doctors and nurses at the Illinois
hospital wanted me and the family to remove her from life
support. Telling me that she could not possibly live and if
by 1 chance in millions she did live, she would be a
vegetable, remain in a coma on tub feedings. I did not
believe them. I told them, God will heal my mother and she
will be whole and perfect -- just as God created her. Each
and every day/night-month after month over and over again --
even though unconscious, I would tell her God is Healing
You, You Will Be Well and Come Home Soon. The nurses thought
I was very strange -- to say the least.
Throughout the duration of her hospital stay, Each night, I
would call my 2 favorite prayer lines and they would pray
with me, having been raised Catholic, Each Night, I would
light 3 candles and pray before them. Through out the days
and nights, I would bless her with holy water, attach
prayers, rosaries, scapulas to her hospital gown and pray. I
prayed for the blood of Jesus to heal her, to almighty God,
Mother Mary all the saints and angles in heaven. I call
churches of every faith and prayed with people of every
race. They comforted and prayed with me over and over again.
(God is God, Prayer is Prayer, People are People.)
While she was still at the Illinois hospital, I went to a
gas station, and the clerk could see I was crying. The clerk
ask me what was wrong and I crying I told her about my
mother. I was standing in line and suddenly out of no where
I felt a hand on my shoulder, I turned around, and there
stood the most beautiful black woman I had ever seen. She
smiled at me and spoke only these words, "I Want You To
Know, Your Mother Will Live." She then walked out the door,
got in a brand new automobile and in the back seat of her
car, waving to me and smiling at me from the rear window
were 2 beautiful little black girls. Chills went through my
body, I knew that she had been a messenger of the Lord. On
Easter Sunday, I called numerous churches from numerous
different religious beliefs to pray for my mother to live.
And, I ask one of the ministers from some church to please
come and see my mother, lay hands on her and pray with me
for her recovery and so that she might have Easter Service.
After the minister left, I continued into the night to lay
my hand on her motionless body and pray for healing and
recovery. Again, the doctors, nurses and entire hospital
staff though I had a screw loose. They made fun of me when I
walked by the nurses station. Made no difference to me. I
kept my faith and continued to pray.
One night I had a dream, and in the dream, I was running out
of the Illinois hospital with my mother. Early next morning
I called and started the arrangements to her transported by
Intensive Care Jet Air Ambulance to Mayo's St. Mary's
Hospital in Rochester, Minnesota. And, within hours, the
Intensive Care Team Arrived, Mother still on total life
support, heart monitors and kidney dialysis, and blood
transfusions was in the Air Ambulance and I flew with her in
it, holding her hand and prayed through the 700 mile flight
to Mayo's. At Mayo's I continued my prays and vigil just as
I had done at the Illinois hospital. Only at Mayo's St.
Marys the Doctors, Nurses and hospital staff did not make
fun of me, instead the joined with me in prayer and in the
fight for my Mother's life.
With the tender loving care of the Mayo nurses and the
guidance and expertise God Bestowed on the Mayo Physicians,
my mother eventually came to conscious, began to breath on
her own, was removed from life support and kidney dialysis,
the feeding tubs were removed and she began to eat on her
own. She was then moved to Mayo's rehabilitation Unit and
began physical therapy, she learned to walk again, to read
and write again, and she began to talk. At the Illinois
hospital the tube from the vent had grown into her vocal
cords and at the Illinois Hospital they told me her vocal
cords had been ruined. All evidence of hepatitis B,
vancomicine resistant endococi, crystallized lungs and
stroke had disappeared. Mayo's found no evidence of them.
Mother just turned 82 February the 10 the. She is
cognitively good (with the exception of a little short term
memory loss) she walks with a walker, talks, laughs, prays
-- SHE LIVES!!! "MIGHTY PRAISES TO THE LORD" WITH THE
BLESSINGS AND HELP OF THE LORD, I KEPT MY FAITH AND MOTHER
DEFIED ALL OF MEDICAL SCIENCE. AND MANY THANKS TO ALL THOSE
WONDERFUL OF VARIOUS RELIGIONS AND PEOPLE OF MANY RACES THAT
PRAYED WITH ME FOR MOTHER, PRAYED FOR, SUPPORTED AND
BEFRIENDED ME!
Mother was released from the Hospital in November of 1997
and then I Flew her here to Denver and took care of her in
my home for an extended period of time. And, I continued to
devote my life to my mother and her business up until
December 2000. While at Mayo's I myself had several medical
problems, and currently have medical problems (resulting
from stress, worn down physical condition and poor
nutrition). I have damaged my health, I am left without a
job or medical insurance. I fear for the loss of my home and
car. I lost many friends, family and the man I loved along
the way and I stand alone! I feel so alone. I gave up my
licensed professional Counselor Masters, my income and am in
major debt. I have not money, cannot pay the utilities or my
bills. My brother has taken control of my Mother, her
property and money. And, the devil has taken control of him
and my family. Now I need a miracle for me! I am tired and
worn and I am depending on others to pray for ! me now and
keep the same faith for me that I did for my Mother. This is
only a brief summary, there is much much much, much more. I
experienced and seen many miracles over that year and nine
months and the following years leading 2001.
God also performed another miracle by giving me the strength
to live For 1 year and 8 months out of a suit cases and
motels across from hospitals. I not only watched her but
also took care of her business, via the phone, fax, U. S
Mail and after she started to improve, I took short trips
and attended to her business.
That is the story that leads to my current day situation and
prayer request. God Bless All
Marie (Received on Friday February 16, 2001)