2. The Miracle That Happened
Then, Oh God, the pain!
I was struggling for every breath, choking [stikken] on my own blood.
I managed to roll onto my stomach. The pain was all I could bare. I looked at the sky and saw the sun was lower than I remembered. I looked at my watch. It was 5:30. My only thoughts were how I could get help.
I noticed my rifle was not far from me, still attached to the rope I had tied around my waist. I began pulling it toward me. I managed to grab hold of the barrel [de loop] and pulled it up to me. I fired a shot about every ten minutes hoping someone would come.
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It was getting late...
and I knew I would not make it much longer.
So I began crawling on my stomach, pulling [trekken] myself with the stock of my rifle. I managed to crawl up a trail that ran down to the river. As I crawled and crawled, the pain was so great I passed out [flauwvallen] many times. Through thick brush and briar patches [doorns] I crawled. I wanted to give up, I was so tired and in so much pain. I knew though I had to make, it at least to where I could be found – I hoped.
I looked out in front of me, and saw the road I lived on through the trees.
I could hear sounds in the distance!
“Yes, thank you God!” I thought to myself.
I finally found myself at the road and began a feeble cry for help.
I was too exhausted though and just lay there in the road.
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My father-in-law...
was returning from work and found me lying in the road.
“It’s all right,” I heard him say. “Help is on the way.”
That was the last I remembered, until I saw the lights inside the ER.
A doctor stood at my feet.
“Can you feel this?” he said.
“Feel what?” I asked.
He had been sticking my feet and legs. I was paralyzed!
“We can not help you here son,” he said. “We are sending you by ambulance to a hospital that can handle your injuries.”
Whether from the pain or medication, I was out like a light.
James Tissot, Healing of a paralyzed man
The next afternoon...
I awoke to find two doctors...
standing at the foot of my hospital bed.
They introduced themselves as my attending physicians, and proceeded to explain to me I must undergo surgery at once. The bones in my back that were broken were putting pressure on my spinal nerve causing paralysis. Then I heard the warning I had heard before.
“Do not let them perform surgery, or you will never walk again!”
I understood completely, but I knew they would not.
I told them I must see my wife and daughter first.
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My wife arrived with my daughter shortly after the doctors’ visit.
I told her what they had said.
She advised me that I must realize they were doing what was necessary to help me. I did not know how to tell her what I had experienced. I tried to tell her it was my belief that I should not be operated on. Although she disagreed, she honored my wishes.
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When the doctors returned...
and I told them of my decision, they were very upset.
I listened to lecture after lecture.
“OK,” one of them said, “if you never want to walk again, that’s up to you.”
Then they left.
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That night I lay upon my bed and wept sorely [hevig].
Was I insane? What was I doing?
A light began to fill my room.
“You will be well,” I heard a voice say.
Then it was gone.
I composed myself and dosed off to sleep.
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Days turned into weeks, weeks into months.
Then one morning, I felt a tingling in my feet!
I was overcome with joy!
I told the nurse I wanted to get up and walk.
She stared at me and said, “We’ll see, we’ll see.”
I knew I was healed without a doubt.
The nurse put a call in to my doctor, and the next morning he stopped by.
“So you think you can walk?” he said.
“Yes,” I replied.
“Well, we will see.”
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A few hours later...
I was taken down to the physical therapy room.
They carried me down and raised me up to a vertical position.
The nurse helped me in front of a set of parallel bars.
I gripped the bars and placed my feet firmly on the floor.
One step. Two steps.
“My God, he’s walking!” the nurse said to the nurse who had brought me down.
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The next few days were hard.
I took many trips to physical therapy, and had numerous X-rays done per my doctors’ orders.
My wife and family were all amazed, yet I knew.
I had been told!
The rest had to be true as well.
My doctor was more amazed when he found no bones pressing on my spinal nerve.
I quote: “This is not normal. It seems a Higher Power has done for you what we were going to try and correct with surgery. I have never seen anything like this before.’ End quote.
Since that day, my life has changed, and I have been able to help others in ways I never dreamed. I wanted to share this with all, as it is what has led me onward in my quest for truth.
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