Photo by: “Mike”

The respirator was breathing for me and I remember feeling a tremendous pressure on my chest. I was afraid and kept trying to cry out to people, ‘Help me! Help me! I can’t breathe!’

…I literally felt the breath of life being squeezed right out of me. It was my darkest night.

….I was in another world, a stranger in a strange land, a dweller at the threshold.

….a crystal-clear voice resonated within me.

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Photo by: grant Hutchinson

Not ten minutes later, the phone rang. Dr. Keller sadly had to call Mama back only a short time after she had gone. He very reluctantly explained, “You’d better come on back. She’s taken a turn for the worse. Her temperature has peaked to 106, and she has no blood pressure. We’re concerned that she might have a possible blood clot and that her heart might be failing.”

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