- [Reporter] On December 14th, 2017,

Angie was in the Christmas spirit

and enjoying lunch with her family

when she started to experienceunbearable stomach pain,

so she took some of the medicine

her doctor had recentlyprescribed for the stomach ache,

but she had an adverse reaction to it,

and moments later, her husband Bill says

things took a turn for the worse.

- We thought it wouldjust stopped hurting,

but it didn't.

This was some kind of reaction.

She just all of a sudden got real sick.

At that time, my youngest son jumped up,

ran around and grabbedher, put her in the car.

We didn't get a block away

when she started having seizures

and foaming at the mouth.

- [Reporter] Then Angie stopped breathing.

Bill pulled over andtheir son performed CPR

until the paramedics arrived.

En route to the hospital,she went into cardiac arrest

multiple times.

- I was just dying.

I couldn't imagine life without her.

Angie's my soulmate

and I didn't know how Iwas gonna live without her.

- [Reporter] In the emergency room,

chest compressions continued.

Emergency departmenttechnician Eric Stokes

was part of the teamworking to save her life.

- While we were doing compressions,

we would stop and she would start seizing.

The whole time I'm pressing,I'm talking to God,

like God, please come on,

just put your power through me right now.

Help me to bring her back.

- [Reporter] Angie's heart stopped beating

for up to 15 minutes several times.

Meanwhile, friends and familybegan to gather and pray,

as Bill cried out to Godon his wife's behalf.

- I felt so hopeless,

and then I said well, I can pray.

And so I got on my knees.

I felt like I was in God's presence.

I was pleading her case,Lord please, you know,

spare her, she's a good person.

You know, our family needs her,

and then I felt a rush of--

A surge of energy and Iknew she was gonna be okay.

- [Reporter] 2 1/2 hours passed.

Then, a glimpse of hope.

Finally, Angie's pulse was steady,

but doctors expected her tohave severe brain damage,

and warned Bill she may never be the same.

- I just kept praisingGod, praise you, Lord God.

Thank you, praise God.

You just keep praising God,

'cause you can't have any doubt,

and Eric comes walking out.

- And he gave me a hugand he goes I thank you,

and I said well, don't thank me.

I said thank God for whathe's getting ready to do.

- [Reporter] Angie's lovedones continued to pray

with anticipation.

On day six, she was awakened

from a medically induced coma,

and taken off the ventilator.

Doctors were astonished.

- They asked me can you move your feet,

can you move your hands?

What's the date?

You know, who's the President?

(laughs)Asked a lot of questions,

and then the neurologist asked me,

he goes what was December 7th, 1941?

And I was thinking likewhy is he asking me

about Pearl Harbor?

I said it's Pearl Harbor, you know?

And I asked him, I said well, you know,

if I knew you were gonnagive me a history lesson,

you know, I would have studied.

We all got a little chuckle out of that.

He gave me a thumbs-up and he walked out.

- [Reporter] Medical staffcalled her the Christmas Miracle.

She continued recovery, andAngie was released to go home

on Christmas Eve, only 11 daysafter her brush with death.

She had no long-term health issues.

In fact, she says shefeels better than before.

- I thank the Lord forgiving me a second chance.

This is a second chance.

When you go without aheartbeat for so long,

there's thousands of badthings that could happen,

and they didn't happen to me,

and I just want to give the glory to God.

I want people to know thatin your worst situation,

the worst scenario ever, you can pray.

You can pray, that's what saved me.

- One of the other prayers I prayed

when I was in that hospital room,

I said Lord, please justlet us walk in the pasture.

Let us hold hands in the pasture again,

and when we came home from the hospital,

that's one of the first things we did

was we drove up to our pasture

and we walked in it and weheld hands in the sunshine,

and we just thanked God for that moment,

because life is a vapor.

It's gone so fast.

We need to do what we can

and love our family, and live life

while we have a chance.

- [Reporter] ThisChristmas, Angie and Bill

celebrate the joy of family,

friends who have become like family,

the blessing of prayer,

and the gift of hope.

- [Angie] Thank you, Jesus.

The Lord is doing miracles.

He's helping us every day.