Miracles

Sister Amy has had several battles over the years and by the grace of God, prayers, and her faith she overcome each time.

On the 9^th September 2020 sister Amy tripped on the wheel of her walker and fell. She was admitted to our local hospital for further tests and x-ray. I put a prayer request through to the Prayer & Fasting team.

All the tests came back clear and the x-ray came back showing no break or fracture (thank you Lord!). Yet she was still in a great deal of pain so the doctors thought there could be a hair line fracture that the x-ray didn’t pick up & there was also the possibility of sending her to Whangarei for a CT scan.

The pain was down her right side where she fell, her lower spine and right hip (where her walker had fallen on her hip).  During her stay, the doctor prescribed a fentanyl patch 12.5icg on her skin (slow releasing morphine) changed every 3 days and 2ml morphine liquid to help move without pain and regular paracetamol.

It became apparent that each time they would give the liquid morphine mum would hallucinate. For an example the picture on the wall was a tree and all she could see was a snake. On questioning the doctor, they then said the dosage of the liquid morphine was too high, so they lowered it to 1ml and only to be given if pain was unbearable when she moved.

The 14^th September was a good day. Not much pain and the doctor is happy for mum to go home tomorrow.

On arriving early, the next morning, 15^th September, mum had a heart monitor around her neck. The nurse said her heart took off during the night and was really fast, the night staff gave her the liquid morphine to help through the pain and breathing difficulties she was experiencing. Mums movements had become less due to her heart racing so fast and yet she still pushed through to walk to the bathroom. The one good thing was her appetite was back, she had Mc Donald’s for lunch and was drinking more. But by the afternoon she became weaker. Mum said she was just tired and just needed to rest.

We were told that she now has what the doctors call ‘hospital pneumonia’. They will not be sending her home today.

Still proving her strength and appetite she requests fish and chips for dinner, her favourite, with a small bottle of L&P.

Tonight, as we prayed, she believes in whatever the Lord’s will is for her. She is in His hands and He would help her if she was to live, she would be able to push through the pain, she has a great amount of faith! The pain she went through to move, even to get out of bed I was so blessed to be a witness of her faith. Then she says if it is her time, He would take her and with that she went to sleep.

16^th September 2020 Mum had deteriorated a lot overnight and when I spoke to the nurse the following morning, she said she had to give her more liquid morphine over night for pain and her breathing. By lunchtime mum asked to see the Pastor so she could say goodbye. The doctors came around and we had a discussion on what our options are. I told them I was waiting for them to say that there is nothing more they could do for her, they said they were waiting for me to say I was taking her home.

So, I said I’m taking her home today, the doctor walked past me and asked mum if that is what she wanted, mum at first said no until I said to her there is no more, they can do for you. She said “oh I happy to go home”, I thanked the doctors for doing their best for her and one cried the other just nodded her head.