The following are some comments about this true
story.All illustrations and personal photos in the ebook are in COLOR. You are able to print the book out
yourself in black and white or in color, if you have a color printer.
I had 2 operations, the first to remove a brain
tumor from the back of my head (it's technical name is JPA or Juvenile
Pilocytic Astrocytoma), and the doctor decided I had a diagnosis called
hydrocephalus, or "water on the brain". I had a plastic tube, called a
"shunt" installed in my body to remove the excess CSF (Cerebro Spinal
Fluid) from my brain area. This "shunt" was removed from me in February of
2006.
God is the only one who knows the future, that is
not our job. He just wants us to live and let Him take care of the details
that may happen tomorrow. If I would have known in 2004 that I would have
major head surgery in 2005, I would have tried to avoid this.
God did provide for all of our needs. The
doctor bills and related costs totalled around $150,000! The Lord
provided for them all! I did not know how these bills would be paid. If
someone else had all these bills I would say, "Sure, God can meet all
these need". Personally seeing these bills taken care of is very
different. I am the one responsible to pay
this, and it was taken care of. That is another miracle! I was operated on
by a neurosurgeon which is supposed to be the most expensive surgeon
around! I was taken to a private hospital and had a private room in
ICU. About a year earlier, my parents moved next
door to an outspoken lady who they found out later worked in the financial
department of the private hospital I was in. At that time it wasn't known
what lay in the future. During a conversation in late 2005, the subject of
my surgery came up, this neighbor gave my parents the name of the head of
the financial department, I sent this man a letter explaining my
situation, and he graciously absolved my big
debt.
God's economy is different than our's. What I gave
to the Lord was given back to me in greater measure. I thought the amount
I gave would come back to me. Actually, I didn't even think about the
money. God supplied all of our needs for the 3 months I needed to cover. I
just know the money was there when I needed it. I am amazed at the way
this works!
It wasn't like this whole time after the surgery
was without its worries. I guess that I should have been without any
worries, but I was wondering how the need was going to be met.
I was doing long term contract work at an
electical provider in Houston, and the guy I was working for actually came
to my house and asked me back to work! I had to take the bus for 3 months
since the state of Texas does not allow you to drive for 6 months after
you have a seizure. See also this link http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/epilepsy/faq.shtm.
Some bus tales are described in my book A Light in the Midst of
Darkness.
There are a few things I would not have done had
it not been for the surgery and hospital stay. Things like: riding the
bus, writing a book, adding to and updating my website, and taking a
mandatory vacation.
God can shorten the recovery period of any illness
or surgery, as in my situation. He has the final say of how long the
recovery period will be. I describe my memoirs of this in this true miraculous story.
I am a Christian and I have a good foundation in
what the Bible says. Head surgery does a job on the mind. The whole mind
seems like it was shaken up and it takes a while to recover fully from it.
After the surgery, it was hard to believe that it was me who it actually
happened to. It was an answered prayer to experience a perfect health
restoration! It was difficult to believe that God would let this happen to
me (even though it could and did) Whenever you are going through it, a
person feels like "how could it happen to me?". My faith was brought back
to the basics. After head surgery, it seems that I was brought back to
basics of Good vs. Evil. There is a good and an evil in the world. A
person has to choose between good and evil. Choose the good reject the
evil.
My recovery period was definitely shortened, that was an answered prayer for my family in itself.
Some vitamins Erik Loebl took that are supposed to
be good for the brain were Selenium, Omega 3, Green Powder (mix a
tablespoon with water), and Maitake. Maitake is actually a mushroom. All
of these can be purchased from the local health food store.
I hope that this information will help someone
else. Your emails are welcome!
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