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Brain Aneurysm Threatens to Rob Family of Mother

A young wife and mother of two experiences a headache and seeks a moment of relaxation in the bath. What happens next changes this family forever. Read Transcript


NARRATOR: In early June of 2013, Tina Hare

was having a tough day.

I remember being very stressed out, just

had a horrible headache.

And I just wanted to get in the bath

and relax, just have a few moments of peace

in the bathtub that day.

NARRATOR: That's the last thing Tina remembers.

Moments later, her son John heard a strange sound

coming from the bathroom.

And she was trying to say, help, help.

But it sounded like, hoo, hoo.

NARRATOR: John ran to get his father Randy.

I went in the bathroom and saw her

laying in the tub on her stomach,

making this horrible noise.

It was terrifying.

NARRATOR: Randy offered a desperate prayer

and then called 911.

First thing I said is, Jesus, please help me.

And I asked for him to protect my wife.

NARRATOR: Tina was rushed to the hospital where doctors

discovered an artery in her neck had burst leaking blood

into her brain.

When a patient comes in with a ruptured carotid aneurysm,

prognosis is grim.

If they come in unconscious or in a coma,

then they are likely to die.

They'll have a 40% risk of death in that first 24 hours.

NARRATOR: Doctors believed she wouldn't live long enough

for surgery, and told Randy to gather

family members to say goodbye.

It's your worst nightmare, because my mother had

died from a brain injury, so I know what that can do.

But I stopped and checked my spirit

to see what the Lord was saying.

And the first thing He said is, she will live and not die.

NARRATOR: Friends and family filled the ICU waiting room

and prayed throughout the night.

When the prayers were coming on,

it felt like the armies of the Lord were encamped around us.

NARRATOR: Tina survived the night,

but the artery continued to bleed,

putting more pressure on the brain

and leaving her paralyzed from the neck down.

She was life flighted to the University of Texas

Southwestern Medical Center where doctors performed surgery

and stopped the bleeding.

Following Tina's surgery, she was still a significant risk

of mortality of death.

Up to 25% of patients with the level of injury

she had will die over the following six months.

NARRATOR: Doctors warned that even if Tina did live,

she might never be the same.

She may have complications of, in a sense,

stroke-like symptoms.

She may have difficulty moving parts of her brain,

difficulty with speech, difficulty with memory,

personality changes.

These are people who are oftentimes

in persistent vegetative state.

NARRATOR: The only thing to do now was wait and pray.

I had to ignore what my eyes saw

and focus only on what my heart saw.

Friends and so forth were constantly

coming back and coming back, and we ended up

finding out that all these people all over were

praying for us.

Whole churches all over the Southwest,

from the convent full of nuns up in upstate New York

who were praying for us.

NARRATOR: Seven days after surgery, doctors

brought Tina out of the coma.

She was fully aware and speaking clearly.

Her first words were basically, where are my babies?

And what's going on with them?

NARRATOR: Tina was still paralyzed over 90% of her body,

and they continued to pray.

Then a week later, the feeling in Tina's arms and legs

began to return, and she was able to stand with help.

The next day, she took her first steps on her own.

It was a major hallelujah moment.

Jesus is totally faithful.

And he never fails.

He doesn't know how to.

NARRATOR: She continued rehab, and then just seven weeks

after her aneurysm, Tina returned home to her children.

I just cried and cried to thank the Lord for giving me

this moment, for letting me have this,

and letting me have a second chance at life.

NARRATOR: Tina's doctor couldn't agree more.

I was truly amazed at her recovery.

This just should not have happened.

I believe that God played a role in this,

and her recovery truly was a miraculous recovery.

God had his hand on this.

NARRATOR: It's been three years since Tina was found

unconscious in the bathtub.

Today she shows no signs of brain injury.

She is completely healed, and she and Randy

are eternally grateful.

God loves me.

And the fact that He would do this for me,

that He would bring me back, and let me

have my life, my beautiful life.

It's like the most wonderful miracle ever.

For I don't know how long after that,

after she got out of the hospital, whenever we would

be somewhere with our children doing something,

I'd hug her and say, this moment's

brought to you by the Lord Jesus Christ,

without whom it would not be possible.

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