| Michael Submitted by Marla M. Lewis My 14 yr. old son, Michael, was hit by a Semi truck on Oct. 15 1996. He sustained a traumatic brain injury. He had a subdural hematoma anintra cerebral hematoma and a fractured skull. From the minute I ran to the accident and took one look and him I knew the only thing I could do was pray. He was transferred to a hospital more than fifty miles away from the first hospital to the next. He coded numerous times. When I first talked to the doctors they told me there was no hope. This went on for 13 days, When Michael finally responded and started breathing on his own all 7 doctors said he was a miracle, that clinically they could not explain it. Approximately four (4) weeks later Michael started talking and asked for his grandpa who passed away five (5) months earlier of pancreatic cancer. I told Michael that Grandpa had died of cancer in May. He went crazy and said "Oh no my grandpa didn't die! He has been sitting on my bed talking to me" Michael said, "Mommy my body hurt so bad all I wanted to do was die. But Grandpa was sitting on the end of my bed saying, 'Buddy hang on you can't die. It will make your Mom, Grandma and sister too sad'." For the weeks to come Michael kept referring to the bright lights that he had seen as angels. |
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