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.
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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.