Totally OT: Celebrating our Miracle
today is my dd 12th birthday!! It's a very special day for me because she was not supposed to have lived to be born. If you're so inclined, here's the miracle story of Rebekah:
I had just found out I was pregnant with baby number 5!! It was the end of January 1995. I woke up one morning and had a horrible sore throat and a tremendous head ache. Shaking it off I went to work, but after getting there I had to turn around and come right home, I was in so much pain and couldn't hardly talk. I remember coming home and telling dh that he could cancel the baby sitter cuz I was staying home from work. He left for a day filled with meetings. And that's the last I remember....
He came home in between meetings (which was WAY out of his way to do). Doing so is what saved my life!!!! The ER doc said if I had gone another hour without intervention I'd have died at home in my bed. The problem??? I had 107 temperature!!! Oh yes!!! That's not a typo. I was in major bad shape. Semi-comotosed (sp?) I was unresponsive to the doctors. They ran test after test and couldnt figure out the source of the problem. I was going down hill fast and at last the doctors told my husband that if I had other family, they should come as quick as possible as I probably wouldn't make it through the night!!
Four days later, I woke up in the hospital. The only thing I could figure was that I had lost the baby. The first nurse that came in I tried to talk, but couldn't. They saw that I was awake and they were amazed. They left and called my husband and the doctors.
Long story, shortened.... I had severe blood poision. I guess I had strept throat and the infection went into my blood stream! The fever caused some problems with my brain. I had to relearn how to walk, I had difficulty with my speach, and my brain waves were slower then the normal levels. But I was alive!!!
Now for my baby. Steve did tell them I was pregnant but because they didn't expect me to live they didn't even think about the baby (that's normal. Mother's health first). When I asked about my baby, no one would tell me anything. Steve told me that I hadn't lost the baby. After insisting on seeing my obgyn, I found out that our baby had no chance of survival. They listed off a lot of BIG words with very scary meanings to them. My doctor said that the most "humane" thing to do would be to have an abortion now and not wait for the inevitable.
Well, that didn't sit with me or my personal beliefs, so I refused. They basically told me that there's no way on earth it would ever get to full term and deliver a live baby. And if by chance I did deliver, it wouldn't live more then a few hours. I stood by my decision.
Nine months later, a few days PAST my due date, I delivered Rebekah Joy. She was TOTALLY and completely HEALTHY!!!!!!!!!! Praise God!!!!! She's still totally and completely healthy today - this her 12th birthday!!!
I'm so so so so so so blessed to have her in my life (bty: she's the only child out of my six that looks like me, we call her my twin). She is truely such a JOY!!! Always laughing, always smiling, always reaching out to help others around her. As a matter of fact. Today for her birthday, she didn't want any presents... for her birthday she asked to use the money instead to take her brother and sister and a friend from school to go to Incredible Pizza for a youth outreach party tonight that our church is putting on!!!
So, if anyone is still reading this long story of my daughter just know that no matter how much knowledge and expertise doctors have, they're just human and they don't and can't know it all - but there is one you can follow after and He does know ALL!!! And He's given me a beautiful treasure in my Beka Joy Joy.
HUGS
Laurie
I can do all things through CHRIST who strengthens me
RNY 5-19-05 hernia repair/tt 4-10-06
BW: 262 lbs GW: 140 lbs CW: 126 lbs
5 Day Pouch Test Graduate!!! I lost 5 pounds and feel GREAT
That is indeed an awesome miracle!!!
Happy Birthday to Bek's!
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I had a tummy tuck and lipo of the side flanks performed by Nathan Miller with Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates in Oklahoma City on June 23rd, 2009.
I had a tummy tuck and lipo of the side flanks performed by Nathan Miller with Cosmetic Surgery Affiliates in Oklahoma City on June 23rd, 2009.
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