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Updated: 9:25 PM May 21, 2008
A Story of Survival
A grandmother from Cross Lanes lives on after doctors say she was going to die. Posted: 1:42 PM May 21, 2008Reporter: Will Jones Email Address: will.jones@wsaz.com |
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CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A grandmother from Cross Lanes lives on after doctors gave her family little hope she would survive.
Saturday Val Thomas was put on life support after she suffered a heart attack. Her son says when the doctors told the family there was nothing else they could do, he had to make a heartwrenching decision to take her off life support.
"When we all said our goodbyes and I had peace with it," said Tim Thomas, the son of Val Thomas. "We had already started making funeral arrangements."
Tim Thomas left the hospital, but he didn't get far before he got a phone call that his 59-year-old mother was not ready to die.
"When they were taking her off life support, mom's arm had moved and her foot had twitched," Thomas said. Val then asked the nurses "Where is my son?".
Her family says its truly a miracle she is alive today. In fact, they give all the credit to God. They say the machines didn't save her, just the grace of God.
Val is still at CAMC Memorial Hospital, but her family says she is recovering and almost back to normal.
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Praise be to our Lord Jesus!!!! I am very happy for Val's family to still have this precious women in their lives.
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Okay you religious followrs, answer me this. Why didn't this woman report going to heaven when she died? For the love of crumb cakes, the old lady was dead cold for 17 hours and she didn't claim to step foot through those pearly gates. Get with it, no heaven exist.
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I believe in miracles and am waiting on one for my husband who is suffering from anoxic brain injury. This story is very uplifting to me and I believe that when we learn to get out of God's way that we'll see more miracles of healing, raising from the dead and deliverance. We've had saying at our church for a few years, "Let go and let God. The Bible says "when you've done all to stand, stand and watch the glory of the Lord. Thanks so much for sharing the story with us all.
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