In the spirit of Easter, I thought that it would be very
healing for me to share my story, since many people do not know this. This is
only a small example that having faith can work miracles. This is my story:
Ten years ago, Austin was 5 years old. By that time I was a
single parent and just bought my first home about a year before. I was working
privately with a hospice patient, so at that time I did not have health
insurance. I was having pain in my back for about a month or so, but I figured
it was from doing things around the house, or working out. At times I would cry
myself to sleep when the pain became unbearable. One night, I went over my grandmother’s
home to stay the night with her, so I could take something for the pain.( That
way I knew Austin was safe) . The pain
got worse in the middle of the night and my grandmother took me to the
Emergency Room. I found out at that time that I had kidney stones, but I need
to follow up with the Urologist the following Monday. I went to the appointment
and at that time the doctor ordered more test for that week.
My grandmother used to watch Austin when I worked, so that
Friday when I walked into her house I knew something was wrong. She was crying
and said the doctor called her and told her I had a mass in my liver, and all I
could think was I hope that it’s just a cyst. The following week I followed up with the Gastroenterologist
that ordered more test. My mom When to that appointment with me and we were
told then that it was not a cyst, that it was a large solid mass. He added that
it was inoperable because of the location. He sent me home with very strong
pain medication and told me to make a will.
It was all a little much to take in. Mama was crying and I
kept telling her it was going to be ok, not to cry. I told her to stop and get
me some paper and envelops, so I could write letters to everyone. I also told
her that I wanted to take Austin to Disney World before I got to bad off. He
has always wanted to go. Thank goodness
that Austin really didn’t know what was going on at this time, I guess he just
thought it was fun having my mom and grandmother over almost constantly. Between
my liver and the medication the next few weeks are horrible. I was losing
weight and I could hardly keep anything down. I got sick after eating a lot. I
was in the bed constantly; I had no strength at all.
One night when mom had taken Austin out , I was by myself. I
went to the back door to get some fresh air and sat down. I started praying
silently and then out loud. I told him that wasn’t scared to come to Heaven, but
that I just couldn’t leave Austin…That he wouldn’t be ok without me. I was talking
to him a long time that evening. The following day someone from the Mt.
Pleasant church came over to talk and they said to me “ Shannon, If you die today will you go to
Heaven”? I said yes, and he said how? And I’ll never forget this… I said
because I’m sweet and I always think about other people. He informed me at that
time that being a sweet person wasn’t going to get you into Heaven. I got saved
that night, right there in my living room.. and there were many tears shed.
The next day I was feeling a lot better, so I asked my mom
if she would take me to get my hair cut. We also took care of the will during
this time—and yes that was weird, but I
was very detailed, even my dog Bennington was going to be taken care of once I
was gone—yes I said detailed…
In the next week the liver specialist from MCV had ordered
test and I had an appointment to go over all of his findings. To my surprise,
he said that nothing was in my liver anymore---nothing!!!!! We followed up with
blood work, and my liver function panel was normal!! I was almost dumbfounded. I couldn’t believe
it. God gave me the biggest miracle... he gave me my health back and most of all
he gave a mom back to her son. Still
today I get my Liver levels checked every six months…and they are always normal.
Praise God!!!
I agree this post was a little long winded.. but I couldn’t
just tell half of the story. Even ten years later I think about that time often. I thank God that he blessed me, and now I
never doubt that no matter what situation Miracles can happen, and he is
constantly beside me and watching over me.
