In May of 2001 I was playing on my church softball team, when I was struck in my right front temple with a softball. The ball crushed my right frontal temporal lobe. The impact was great enough that my brain actually hit the inside left of my skull with enough force to crack that side of my skull too. It also damaged or tore loose part of my upper sinuses. I had bone fragments in my brain and the sack around my brain was ruptured, leaking brain fluid. The Emergency room Neurologist gave my family and I little or no hope. In front of my Then young kids and family, the Dr. Stated That I had little chance of doing well after the surgery, if I survived. He also informed us that I would require at least 6 to 8 weeks of rehab at a rehabilitation center. ("Only By Faith") It was only by faith that I knew that the Dr. Was wrong. My God Had given me complete and total peace over the situation. I informed the Dr. that he was wrong, That my God was with me and he was just an instrument, the Hands, that the Lord would use. That God was going to guide his hands through the surgery to repair the damage and place the metal plates on my skull to repair the shattered bone. Understand here That at this point the Dr. didn't believe in God or his own abilities. Surgery went relatively quick, about 5 hours. As I was being wheeled out of surgery and being taken to recovery I came awoke. Looking down past my feet and down the hall aways I could see people peering around a door opening and down the hall towards me. My Dr. was buy me heading to the recovery room when I looked to him and said "there's My people". You can imagine his shock, remember he had not giving Himself or GOD much of a chance. I was already a walking talking miracle before this. When I came into the emergency room The Xrays, MRI's and CT Scans showed The Dr's. the damage. Once the scans were Read The Dr's. Were amazed that I could walk and talk. One of the Dr's. was So amazed that he stated. He should be dead how is he walking and talking. But they didn't know what I already knew in my Spirit. God Is Still in the Healing business, Thanks and Praise Be to Gods Son Jesus. The Messiah and Saviour of the World. Every Day for next three days when the same Neurologist would come see me in the evening I would tell him that I was out of the woods and was ready to go home. He would disagreed wanting to keep me for observation. On the fourth day when he came to see me He sent me home. In the discharge papers he wrote "keep Believing what I believe because it works." Wow God is awesome. There are also other wonderful miracles that happened while I was in ICU. My friends brought me communion. A Guy also in ICU was dying and some of my friends went to pray for him and found out he wasn't saved. They talked to him that night he accepted Jesus. They gave him the communion that was brought to me and later that night he went home to be the Lord. Praise God, Talk about miracles. The Miracle of salvation is the greatest miracle of all. I just thank God that I Got to be a small part Of this mans Salvation. I didn't have insurance at all. But applied for and got medicaid through my state. I never saw 1 Bill from the Hospital it was all covered. I also applied for and almost immediately received Social Security Disability. We also got food stamps. We applied for and received HUD to make our rent payment. But still times were tough. No extra Money ever at all, and always a month or two behind on the bills. All the financial stress of not ever having was two much for my relationship and my wife left. I was really week as a kitten for at least the next two years. I slowly regained my strength. But I still have memory issues. And get frustrated about things and get angry when people cant understand or accept my way of thinking. I know it sounds funny to read. And knowing this you might think I should be able to control it. But Its part of the injury, to me everything seems normal. The funniest thing i Here people tell me is "it doesn't look like you have brain damage", Right, like they can see my brain. Or by having brain damage you should look different. Well God is still good to me. He sent me a Wife, and a surprise baby in our 40's. Here is the part that I need much help with. (Remember when i had my injury i had children. Four to be exact. Today they are grown and on their own. My second son is in school for ministry and trusting in God for all things.) Recently, by mail, we received a letter from child support stating that we owe $56,000 in back child support. I assumed that since I was disabled that I wouldn't Have to pay. I was wrong. Now This strain in the relationship with my current wife. I have been working some hoping to come totally off of disability. But I've never cleared more than $20.000 in a Year working in my life. We have just enough to get by as it is. There is no way we could pay the nearly $300 being asked for each month. Please If you can help, i beg if you can please do. even if a little, it would be much appreciated and such a blessing. I'm not the kind of man that asks much for myself, But I hope and pray that if can be a blessing to me, then please do be. Please Help Me and My Family Make a Donation. I Have a website on "I am Totally Desperate". This is a Website Dedicated to Helping Others Through Personal Donations. Please click on link to view my web page there. http://iamtotallydesperate.com/?q=user/386
