Posted on 12/22/2017 8:29:01 PM PST by EdnaMode
Sheila Lewis was in a coma and hadnt had anything to eat or drink for 12 days. Her family expected her to die, but instead she woke up and asked for a glass of water.
Now she'll be able to celebrate Christmas with her family.
On Labor Day, Sheila, a grandmother, began to rapidly lose her memory.
She could not grasp what day it was, daughter Brandy Arends told Forum News Service. She says they instantly know something was very wrong.
Indeed, something was very wrong.
She kept saying my brain is in a fog, Chasity Brandt, another of Sheilas daughters, shared with WDAY-TVs Kevin Wallevand. She forgot her grandchildrens names, then her daughters names, then her own name.
In short order, Sheila was taken to a Fargo hospital, but her condition only worsened. She lost the ability to speak. Breathing and feeding tubes were put in. She was placed in the hospitals Intensive Care Unit.
With no improvement, Sheilas family eventually transported her to the Mayo Clinic. But even the Mayo Clinics expertise couldnt help Sheila.
Arends said the world-renowned doctors at Mayo Clinic told her they had never seen a case like Sheilas, according to a Twin Cities report.
They didnt even know what they were dealing with, the daughter added.
Sheila fell into a coma. She lay unresponsive for weeks. Arends explained that her mothers condition was described as a vegetative state.
Finally, the family decided to disconnect life support machines.
Nothing more we could do, Arends told Wallevand.
We canceled plans and brought the kids down to say goodbye to grandma, Brandt added.
After saying their goodbyes this side of eternity, Sheila was taken off life support. Her daughters planned her funeral, and bought black.
But Sheila didnt die. Finally, comatose Sheila was brought to her daughters home under Hospice care.
Twelve long days with no food, water, or oxygen assistance went by. It had been six weeks since Sheila last uttered a word.
Then the miracle happened. Sheila asked for water.
Did she just talk? Brandt asked, according to Wallevands account. Is she talking?
Sheila not only awakened, but began to recover. When the Mayo Clinic heard about it, doctors asked to see Sheila.
You are a miracle, the experts said, according to Arends. They said that word miracle is never thrown around, (but) that is what you are.
Sheila and her entire family are especially celebrating Christmas this year. Their mother and grandmother is back.
I have always had faith, but more so now, the Twin Cities quotes the beloved matriarch saying. I am thankful I have been given this second chance.
A YouCaring site receives donations to offset the cost of Sheilas months of medical care, and treatment for newly discovered melanoma.
Prayers for you.
Lucky she wasn’t in a more enlightened country where active euthanasia is practiced.
I could tell you need something very important. My prayers seem to really help those I pray for, as long as its not for myself. I hope you do get your special wish.
I am praying for you and for all those lovely Freepers who offered to pray for you. %
Death by starvation and dehydration is imposed in all fifty states.
Last time I checked, there were five states that allow doctors to distribute a lethal drug overdose.
Cognitively disabled people are at very high risk for medical killing.
The term active euthanasia is generally used to refer to certain methods of medical killing, but make no mistake, doctors are actively killing patients they deem to be useless eaters, and its all perfectly legal.
I agree that actively seeking euthanasia is bad the questions still remains.
When is using extraordinary means like feeding tubes ect to keep some one “alive” is too much.
All people die at some point.
I hope if the time comes for me and I have a choice I can be strong enough to say no thanks it is my time.
For Christians dead is but the next step to meet our lord and savior.
Food and water are not extraordinary means.
Dead bodies are not being killed. They are living humans. If they were dead, there would be no controversy. Theres no reason to put quotation marks around the fact that they are alive. Your disapproval of the quality of their life, and their right to life, cannot change the fact that they are alive.
For Christians, God is recognized as the Arbiter of life and death. It is not for us to judge the sick and disabled unworthy of life. It is not for us decide when and how to end an innocent persons life. It is our place to comfort them, not kill them.
I don’t know Sheila but I’ll gladly add you to my prayer list. I hope God answers your prayers. Just remember, it’s in His time frame which isn’t always the same as ours.
FReepers are really something, aren’t they? Many of them know how to pray — that’s why I turn to them for help.
Yes. Such Godly love for others is beautiful to see. Blessings to you.
Prayers up here, 353FMG. Trust in the Lord, and lean not on your own understanding. Our pain is only a shadow of the coming glory. Someday we shall meet Him face to face, and there will be no more suffering. May He bless you and grant your petition.
God keep you
Thank you. I hope He will.
Thinking of you, and praying that you are well.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. Can’t begin to tell you how much I appreciate your prayers.
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