Emily
At 6:15 p.m. things were looking very bad
for Emily. She was again bleeding , her heart monitor was
giving unstable readings, the blood gases were bad (oxygen
levels were terrible!) Emily was struggling to breathe . The
doctor called the entire family back to ICU where the room
next to Emily’s had been curtained off except for the glass
wall between the rooms. The doctors then explained how bad
things were, told the family that it was only a matter of
minutes before she would code (her heart would stop) and
they needed to know what Aaron and Becky wanted them to do.
Did they want them to use the paddles or let her go. They
told Aaron , Becky, and the two ministers in the room with
them and Emily , that it was no longer necessary for them to
wear their masks and they suggested that Becky climb up in
the bed with her and hold her. She did and began to stroke
her head, kiss her little face, Aaron and Becky told her how
much they loved her. All hearts were breaking into.
Several doctors and nurses were at the nurses station
watching the monitors when suddenly one of them came rushing
to Emily’s door..."Whatever your doing, don’t stop...don’t
stop". Another Dr. ran in with equipment to draw blood.
Emily’s little eyes opened, she saw her Mommie and Daddy and
gave ever so sweet a smile.
The rest of the family was moved to a room outside of the
ICU where waiting seemed like an eternity. Then a woman
doctor appeared in the door, her radiant smile spoke before
she did. "Well, it looks like some one else is in charge
here!" she said. Emily’s heart had stabilized, her breathing
was normal, her temperature had came down in just a matter
of minutes, her blood gases were better than they had been
since she was admitted! The bleeding had stopped. The doctor
said, " If her heart gives out now, we’re going for it!...we
now have something to work with!"
Was this a miracle? What do you think?
Mary poyner@airmail.net
(Received on Sunday June 9, 2002)
