God and CPR saved my life!

I died 3:30pm yesterday, Tuesday, January 28th!

You read that correctly...

I am alive and we came home from the hospital 6:30pm today, Wednesday, January 29th!

Here's the crazy story and God's miraculous working...

I went for my second IV Iron infusion

Yesterday at the Oncology Infusion Center
(Because of extreme anemia)

I'd had my first IV Iron infusion last Tuesday

And everything had gone fine.

It was to be a series of two infusions

Separated by a week.

Things did not go so well yesterday!

Within seconds of the IV Iron infusion beginning to drip

I immediately knew something was wrong

I became extremely light headed

Told the nurse so

And then proceeded to pass out!

The next part I found out when I came to a couple of minutes later

Surrounded by about 10 paramedics!

My sister had quickly alerted the charge nurse

Who immediately yanked out the IV from my port

To stop the flow of Iron into my system

And gave me a steroid to counteract

The severe allergic reaction I was having.

So severe that no one had ever heard of it happening before.

My heart stopped!

Immediately flat-lined!

No Pulse!

For one minute!

I was hooked up to an AED machine

But without any pulse

It was of no help.

One of the doctors immediately began giving me CPR

(Talk about a whole new understanding of the value of CPR classes!)

By which time the EMS folks had arrived.
(Pretty quick, huh?)

Then the miracle...

I immediately became alert and talkative

I was able to answer all their questions

I was totally coherent!
(With extremely sore, but none fractured, ribs!)

This does not happen when someone has flat-lined

And just been resuscitated by CPR!

They immediately transferred me by ambulance

To the ER

Where my vitals quickly normalized

In the next hour or so

Without any other needed medicine

Than the steroid I'd been immediately given

To counteract the allergic reaction

MIRACLE!

I was kept overnight last night

Due to the obviously serious and extremely rare reaction

To keep observing me

And in case of a potential secondary reaction

That could possibly trigger another "event".

Thankfully it was a boring and uneventful day:)

An ecocardiogram revealed my heart was strong

And functioning well:)

My vitals continued to be good

And I was discharged at 6:30pm tonight!

Hallelujah!

God made it clear that He wasn't done with me yet:)

Thanks again for your prayers.

Friday, I will begin chemo and immunotherapy

Again, I will appreciate so much your prayer

As I embark on a new stage of this cancer journey

Seeing if God will use these to facilitate healing

Or show us that my journey is leading sooner rather than later

Towards my eternal home - heaven!

What a crazy and miracle filled 27 hours!!

What a sobering reminder of how quickly life can end

And eternity be next on the agenda!

In the meantime...

Here's to hoping that the next 27 hours aren't quite so exciting:)

Thanks again so much for your support, encouragement and prayer!

Blessings,

Dave