THE HOTTEST DAY OF THE YEAR!

I remember it seemed to be so hot,i was only 30 at this time,had a nice home,three girls,a wondeful husband, i thought I had it all.Till July 17,1986.my life changed ,in it seemed like an instant.thank god i am a christian.i decided my grass was getting to deep,and i being stubrun wanted it done before my husband came home,TO SURPRIZE HIM!
heres my story.IM out in 90 degree weather with Remember "hot pants" on and a tubed tied shirt.mowing my grass on a 500 pound lawnmower.i wanted to start in the front and get around my ditches first.my daughters and one niece were all outside watching me and playing in the front yard.i came to near the ditch full of hot muddy water,brakes went bad so down i went.i heard an awful sceam,,,it was me scraming for help,i didnt mean to scare my girls and my niece,the next thing i remember is my little girls handing me sticks,i remember saying help me god before i went under,,when they took me out i was dead...my broter in law and other fire fighters brought life back into me..my father in law along with others who lived bylifted the tractor off my back,and then they breathed life into me...while everthing was going on ,on the earthly realm,,,i was in another dimension(to hard to explain)I asked the questions who am i and where am i.and as soon as i said this a loud almost majestic voice answered me. your name is linda and this is your soul,as soon as he said this i knew where i was .i felt safe no worrys,to hard to explain,,i felt love not ordinary love..amazing love i never felt before.Iknew Ihad a body because I could feel my teeth.I looked over beyond this dimension,and Icould see like sillohettes (souls) all waiting...in thedistance i seen a bright light... i had alot of dreams also...but i like to think that these dreams were real when i was in a coma...you know like being half dead and alive...

I WAS HOSPITILIZED FROM JULY 17,1986-SEPT2 1988 ONE YEAR OUTPATIENT IN TBI...LIKE EVERYONE ELSE...I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE A VEGATABLE(MY DAUGHTER REALLY BELIEVED THIS LITERALLY THE KIND YOU EAT) I THANK JOYCE MASSEY TBI FOR REALLY BEING THERE FOR ME...THE DOCS SAID I WOULD ALSO BE A NURSING HOME PATEINT...WHEN I WAS ABLE TO WALK PRETTY GOOD I WENT BACK TO WORK AT A NURSING HOME FOR A COUPLE OF YEARS,,,HOW IRONIC! BECAUSE OF MY BACK ACTING UP I NO LONGER WORK........I TAKE CARE OF MY 5 GRANDCHILDREN THEY NEED ME.........IM TRIEING TO GET SOCAIAL SECURITY BUT EVRYTIME I APPLY THEY TURN ME DOWN...HECK I HAVE WORKED SINCE I WAS 17...ANYWAYS IT HAS BEEN A HECK OF A STRUGLE TO BE ACCEPTED THE WAY I AM NOW..I AM A NEW LINDA BROKEN UP BUT I WILL SURVIVE WITH GODS HELP...OH YEAH ALL THREE OF MY GIRLS ARE MARRIED AND HAVE GREAT JOS HECK MY YOUNGEST IS AN RN..........WILL CONTINUE

i went through back braces,casts on everylimb,trachea,catherters,cookie swallowing,had to relearn everything all over again,god was with me all the way.i beat the odds,the docs said i would be nothing but a vegatable in some nursing home,what the docs didnt know i had a praying family on both sides. in the hospital i remember my first actual drink of water.mmm it was like having a steak.i am walking funny but i can walk,and when i get mad i can almost run,ha,ha. i am age 49 my accident happened when i was 30.i did go back to work as a nurses aide,you were wrong doctors when you said i would be a patient in some nursing home,i gotta go my tears are coming to hard now..not tears of sadness! will continue..

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