Why you must believe in miracles!
This is the headline.....Girl ordered doctors to re-attach her arm!
This story was in today's Calgary Herald...her name is Joni Ross, a 20 year old girl who had a freak car accident that left her all alone on a isolated road clutching her servered left arm! Naturally she had lost a lot of blood but she never passed out or even went into shock. She was determined to get help and she absolutely determined to get her arm re-attached. She believed with certaintity that she would get the usage of her arm back.
Now get this...she walked to a neighbour's place but no one was home, so she stood at the side of the road and waited for someone to come by.
An off duty paramedic happened by and found Joni clutching her severed arm. He called 911. In the meantime her stepdad Cory who was driving home came across her. They waited with her until the ambulance arrived. They didn't have a hospital in the town of Pemberton, BC so they took her to a Health Centre. They cut the last remaining shred of skin holding her arm and packed it on ice and then had her transported via air ambulance to Vancouver where specialists assessed her condition.
They determined that the chances of a successfully re-attaching the arm were slim and none. However, Joni had an unshakeable belief it was possible and would not take no for an answer....she said.."I don't care what you think, I want that arm back on". Somehow she convinced the doctors to proceed. The doctors operated on her all night.
The next day her fingers began turning pink. They say Joni's not out of the woods yet, but even the sceptical doctors have become believers in Joni. Her positive attitude and belief got her this far so who can doubt that the story will end successfully.
So let's say that Joni didn't carry that belief in her, after the accident. Who is to say she would even be alive today and we know for sure she would be missing an arm today. I guess if Joni didn't believe in a miracle then there would be no great story to share with you.
One thing I know, if you don't believe in miracles you can be 100% certain you won't ever experience one!
"There are two ways to live your life-
one is as though nothing is a miracle,
the other is as though
everything is a miracle"
Einstein
This story was in today's Calgary Herald...her name is Joni Ross, a 20 year old girl who had a freak car accident that left her all alone on a isolated road clutching her servered left arm! Naturally she had lost a lot of blood but she never passed out or even went into shock. She was determined to get help and she absolutely determined to get her arm re-attached. She believed with certaintity that she would get the usage of her arm back.
Now get this...she walked to a neighbour's place but no one was home, so she stood at the side of the road and waited for someone to come by.
An off duty paramedic happened by and found Joni clutching her severed arm. He called 911. In the meantime her stepdad Cory who was driving home came across her. They waited with her until the ambulance arrived. They didn't have a hospital in the town of Pemberton, BC so they took her to a Health Centre. They cut the last remaining shred of skin holding her arm and packed it on ice and then had her transported via air ambulance to Vancouver where specialists assessed her condition.
They determined that the chances of a successfully re-attaching the arm were slim and none. However, Joni had an unshakeable belief it was possible and would not take no for an answer....she said.."I don't care what you think, I want that arm back on". Somehow she convinced the doctors to proceed. The doctors operated on her all night.
The next day her fingers began turning pink. They say Joni's not out of the woods yet, but even the sceptical doctors have become believers in Joni. Her positive attitude and belief got her this far so who can doubt that the story will end successfully.
So let's say that Joni didn't carry that belief in her, after the accident. Who is to say she would even be alive today and we know for sure she would be missing an arm today. I guess if Joni didn't believe in a miracle then there would be no great story to share with you.
One thing I know, if you don't believe in miracles you can be 100% certain you won't ever experience one!
"There are two ways to live your life-
one is as though nothing is a miracle,
the other is as though
everything is a miracle"
Einstein
posted by Edward McBeth at
10:48 AM
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