Broken Hip
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I would like to share something with each of you. Perhaps it
will bring some kind of blessing to you
I am praising God for a recent happening in my life.
Three days before Christmas, 2000, as I was kneeling down
beside the bathtub running my bath, I felt – and heard – a
C-R-U-N-C- H!!! My right hip had given away and there I was
alone on the bathroom floor, I had already undressed for my
bath and it WAS COLD!!! What to do? I prayed right off and I
felt quite calm but I had to do something to help my
situation right away. First, I pulled myself with my elbows
out of the bathroom and into my bedroom (about 6-8 ft). Next
I pulled the comforter off my bed to cover myself with and
then it occurred to me to phone my daughter. She arrived a
short time later and proceeded to help me into some clothes
and then called 9-1-1. I was in SO much pain by this time
that I couldn’t think straight.
The ambulance arrived and the EMTs gave me some painkiller
and started an IV then strapped me on the stretcher and
carried me out to their vehicle. They took me to the local
hospital but later I was transferred to another one. Before
it was all said and done, I had to have 2 hip surgeries –
one to put in a plate and pin and finally a total hip
replacement. I spent one month in the hospital and a 2nd
month with my daughter.
You are probably thinking “SO WHAT”? People have hip
surgeries all the time. What about it? Just this. The reason
for the break in the first place and the surgery had to be
done over was because my bone was too soft to hold the pin.
The reason it was too soft is because I had been neglecting
my diet for about 3 years. My diet consisted of soda pop,
fast food and anything sweet. My body was becoming
completely depleted of Calcium and also Iron. My doctor was
very plain with me. He said If don’t change my diet I will
die a premature death. Believe me – I do want to live.
Besides that, my body is the temple of God and I wasn’t
treating it very good. And so I am praising God that He
allowed my hip to break at home – rather than out someplace
-- and I am praising God that He allowed the hip to give way
while there is still time for me to mend my eating habits.
If you are tempted to not give your body enough of the
nutrients it needs – take heed. It WILL catch up with you.
Wynona Gordon
wynona@gordons.org
(Received on Sunday February 25, 2001)
