WHEN DOCTORS GAVE UP, GOD CAME FULL CIRCLE!!!!!! 8/16/2014 On August 16,2013, one year ago today, I got up for work and I got a text from my daughter saying that her daddy was complaining of stomach pain and could hardly stand it. I went to call him and he walks in the door and tells me that he needs to take something for pain. I gave him the medicine that I had from a previous surgery and he took two pain pills at a time. You have to understand that my husband never takes anything but Tylenol, so to see him take pain medicine I knew that it was bad. David tried to tell me that it was getting better but I could look in his eyes and see pain. I had a scheduled closing that day so he didnt want me to let my customers down. He told his assistant Derek to take him to the hospital, we argued back and forth until me and Derek lied to him and said that I would let him do so. David handed me a Twix bar and said, Booter, I will be ok. I waited until they pulled out and drove behind them to the hospital to be with him. When David saw me, he got mad at me that I didnt go back to work. They told us that he had a bad case of pancreatitis due to cholesterol levels and triglycerides levels of 6600, when they are supposed to be 150 and below. By the next morning he was in ICU with a heart rate of 253 and blood pressure of 200 over 198. I left to get clothes and got a call that they were putting him on life support. At that moment, I thought my life was coming crashing down. I prayed and I prayed, and all I could think about is how was I going to tell my kids that their daddy was dying. His kidneys and liver shut down, and one of his lungs deflated. They started him on 24 hour dialysis. I looked at this 39 year old man dying in front of my face, the man I love more they life itself, and I could not fix the problem. His pancreas was going crazy and he went septic very quickly. I prayed and I prayed, finally God spoke to me and said that this is not about David but about me. He had been trying to talk to me but I was to busy for him and he knew that if he allowed this to happen to the love of my life that I would stop and hear what he had to say to me. He told me that David was going to make it but it would be a long process. He asked me would I praise his name even if it looked like and sounded like there was no hope for a recovery in Davids body. I told him YES LORD. He gave me instructions to not be moved by the doctors, nurses, family, friends, and strangers that would have there own opinion about the situation. Six weeks later, still in ICU, I meet a doctor that tells me that he never wanted to meet me because he would be bringing bad news and that he was going to do surgery on David,with only a 9% chance of him coming of the table alive - and if he makes it off the table that a storm would brew in his body - but God told me to tell him SUNSHINE every time he said storm. David came out and all night long the doctor called to see how bad the storm was. I AM HAPPY TO TELL YOU THAT THE STORM NEVER CAME, PRAISE THE LORD. After 3 1/2 months, he was upgraded and moved to a regular floor. I was happy thinking that everything was great, but no one told me that it was the pass over floor for patients to die and for the family to be able to spend time with them until it happened. BUT MY GOD SAID ARE YOU STILL STANDING AND BELIEVING, I said YES LORD. Everyday David would go to treatment for his kidneys and my sweet Kimberly K Webster and Shanna would come and work with him to get him to try to feed himself. Finally, he was sent home and I was so happy to be with my kids again, but 2 & 1/2 weeks later he crashed and went back in the hospital with a blood pressure of 80/40. GOD SAID DO YOU STILL BELIEVE IN ME, I SAID YES! We got to go home a week and a half later on Christmas Eve, but before I went God said to me no more PAIN and he will START RECOVERING THIS TIME! So after 8 months I finally began to see my husband learn how to feed himself, go to the bathroom without me and walking without a wheelchair, walker, and a cane. David is living and breathing life with me and his kids. He is working again and looking for what his purpose in life is for God leaving him on earth. It has been stressful at times, it has been financially tight at times, and just down right bad at times, but with our love and respect we have for one another we can stand the test of time. WE PASSED THE TEST WITH FLYING COLORS! So today I will bless THE LORD AT ALL TIMES and I will tell my story of HAVING ONLY MY FAITH TO STAND ON when I was going through the worst time of my ENTIRE LIFE. To anyone that is struggling with something in life and needs encouraging words at this time - GOD WILL NEVER LEAVE YOU NOR FORSAKE YOU - PRAYER STILL WORKS. God is all you need, but it will be in his time not yours, and he will SHOW UP AND SHOW OUT. 8/16/2014 - DAVID LANDES IS LOVING LIFE WITH HIS FAMILY. THANK YOU GOD AND ALL OF MY SUPPORTERS THROUGH THIS TRYING YEAR. THIS IS MY OPEN LETTER!!! Mrs. David Scott Landes- I am so proud to be a LANDES
Posted on: Sun, 17 Aug 2014 01:37:32 +0000
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