“Man, you are a miracle --- you should have been gone. You shouldn't even be here.”

Melissa Fair had good reason to be concerned about her husband David; he’d had a heart attack before. She says, “I jumped out of bed, I went to the restroom, and he says, call 9-1-1, I'm having chest pain ----I was very scared.”

David was then taken to Resolute Baptist Medical Center in New Braunfels, TX where his cardiologist, Dr. Jaweed Sayeed was called into the ER. According to Dr. Sayeed, “from the EKG, we knew that this is gonna be like something serious. The patient actually had no pulse; he wasn't breathing and there was no blood pressure, and there was no heart rate.”

Despite the staff’s best attempts, David was still unresponsive, and Melissa had to face the reality of her hopes of a peaceful retirement with her husband deteriorating. She says, “I said, what all have you done? And she says, we gave him seven rounds of epi. At that point I thought, he's not coming back. I asked the doctor, when do you call the code? Because I was ready to call it.  I didn't know what to think, I didn't know what to pray, I didn’t even know, I just said, Lord, your will be done.

After half an hour, doctors decided to give David his 8th and final shot of epinephrine; it was a rare move, but IT WORKED. However, Melissa knew her husband wasn’t yet out of the woods --- according to her, “My husband comes back fighting, kicking, screaming ---- and I'm thinking, oh my God! But at that point, I'm not even thinking, oh, you saved his life, I'm thinking, what's life's gonna be after this?”

That’s because by then, David’s brain had been without oxygen for 34 minutes. So, although doctors could now put a stent in the blocked artery, David might never be the same man.

Then, in an unexpected turn of events, David woke up the next morning, with no major cognitive impairment! Since his release, David has had no major issues with his heart, and he’s regained all of his cognitive abilities! Although Melissa does assist him with some physical tasks, they both continue to celebrate the miracle God gave them. 

David said: “You know, one of the questions that I asked God was, why me? That's when it really started hitting me. You are here for a purpose --- it’s like God was still speaking to me. You know, listen son, I brought you back for a reason. You ought to spread my message to anybody and to everybody that wants to hear it. 

If I don't do anything else left on this earth, it's to convey this, his message to people, to let them understand that he's real.”

Enyu liked going to the indoor playground by her house.  However, since she was born with a hole in her heart, all she could do was watch the other kids have fun. 

“My favorite thing is the slide, but my mom was always afraid I’d get hurt on it,” says Enyu.
 
“I had to pull her away,” Mrs. Dai explains.  “She’d cry and say, ‘Mom, why can't I stay and play?’  I told her it was because of her heart.  She was short, thin and weak.”
 
Mrs. Dai had to make almost all the day-to-day decisions about Enyu and her heart because Mr. Dai works in construction out of town.  
 
“People gossiped and said I wasn’t a good mom and that I didn’t take good care of her,” Mrs. Dai reveals.

It was especially hard when Enyu got pneumonia, which happened a lot.

Enyu recalls, “My heart felt like it was being punctured.”  

Mrs. Dai admits, “I was afraid I’d lose her.  I was heartbroken and wished I could take the pain for Enyu.”

Once Enyu ended up in the hospital on an IV for four days. 

“She had a high fever, and she fainted,” says Mrs. Dai.  “The doctor said if she didn’t get surgery soon, her breathing would get worse, her heart could fail, and she might die.  It was like a big hammer smashed into my life.”

Mrs. Dai is a Christian.

She shares, “I read in the Bible how Jesus did miracles for sick people.  I told Enyu because God loves us, He’d take care of us.  Enyu believed with all her heart.”

“I prayed to Jesus to heal my heart, so that it wouldn’t hurt anymore.” Enyu says.

Then, a man at Mrs. Dai’s church told her about Operation Blessing… and you helped make heart surgery possible for Enyu.

“God answered our prayers.  Operation Blessing donors saved her,” Mrs. Dai exclaims.  “It’s like Enyu has a second life.  She’s completely different now.  Her heart is fixed, and her immune system is much stronger.  She’s gaining weight and growing.  Now she can play with no problem.  But the most important thing is her relationship with God.  All this helped Enyu experience God at a young age.”

“I'm happy now because my heart disease has been cured and I don't feel pain anymore,” Enyu declares.  She concludes, “Thank you to everyone that helped me.  Jesus loves you, and I love you too.”

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