Posted by:
ragingphoenix
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Date: June 05, 2013 08:40PM
First of all, my heart hurts for the family.
I'm posting this as an example of how the LDS church creates an environment that can make a tragedy potentially even more painful.
The bishop and stake president each gave blessings promising full recovery.
A child who was not quite 3 was found while drowning. Here is the sequence of events posted by the child's mother:
"ODS got baptized today. We were having a party after, and my DS2 drowned. We don't know if he is going to make it. Please keep him in your prayers.
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It happened at our home. There were a bunch of kids swimming and adults watching. My mom was watching my kids while I was inside prepping food. He was showing her how he could jump into the jacuzzi, and she turned her head to watch ODS swim across the pool, and when she looked back, she couldn't see DS2. Someone said he came inside, so she came in and asked, but I had been right by the back door, and he hadn't. I looked out the window and saw him floating in the jacuzzi. Our friend who was a paramedic and MIL who was a pediatric nurse did CPR until the ambulance got there and the paramedics took over.
We went to the hospital just about a mile away, and they were able to get him somewhat stable, and then we went by helicopter to Children's. Right after we got here, he crashed. They told me they didn't think he would make it, but my stake president was here (our bishop happened to be at our house as well as a temple recorder who is friends with DH and the SP, and the SP is the recorder for the temple right by Children's), and as they were giving him CPR, the SP gave him a blessing. As soon as he finished, they got a pulse on DS. The doctor still isn't very optimistic. She said he could still go either way for a couple days.
He is unconscious, but they had to give him some medicine to paralyze him because he was twitching, and they didn't want him to use his energy moving. He was taking some breaths on his own, but he can't with the paralyzing medicine. His heart was working OK, but it started slowing down last night, so they had to put him back on the medicine to help his heart beat. They are getting a CT scan right now to check to see if there is any swelling on his brain, and then they are going to do an EEG to see if his body twitching is from seizures or muscle spasms.
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Last night, our wonderful Bishop gave *name* a very powerful blessing. He said that *name* would make a complete recovery!
*name* also received another miraculous blessing on Sunday night from our Stake President. We had just arrived at Children's hospital via helicopter, and *name* crashed as we were racing down the hall to the PICU unit. They started CPR, and pulled me away from him. Our wonderful Stake President met us at Children's. He said a powerful prayer and cried with me as we waited for them to let me see my baby. When they let me back, they were still doing CPR, and the doctor pulled me aside and said we were losing him. The Stake President put his hands on *name*'s toes, and gave him a blessing that he would recover. Almost as soon as he said amen, they got a pulse on *name*! It was truly a miracle!
And here is where I, personally, could use your help. I am a logical person. I look at facts and statistics. Right now, those aren't looking very good. I KNOW that my faith can perform miracles, but I'm having a difficult time BELIEVING, if that makes any sense. If you could include me in some of your prayers, I could use some as well. Also, if it isn't too personal to share on a public site, could you share with me how you learned to move from knowledge to belief. I need some encouragement.
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Dear family, friends, and everyone who has been praying for *name*. We want to thank you so much for all your prayers and words of encouragement. It is with a very heavy heart that we tell you that *name* returned to Heaven around 1:30 this morning. He passed peacefully, in the arms of his Daddy and Mommy. He is greatly missed by his family, but we know He is here with us, in spirit.
Once again, we are so very grateful for the overwhelming love and support that you have shown in these past few days. We’d like to continue to see the yellow balloons flying in his honor."
Edited 3 time(s). Last edit at 06/05/2013 09:08PM by Susan I/S.