In my Father's house are many mansions: if it were not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you.
JOHN 14:2
A SIMPLE ASTHMA ATTACK OR SOMETHING MORE
On the evening of July 6, 2016, I began to have what I thought was an asthma attack. My breathing was shallow and labored, so I knew I needed to use my inhaler, which usually alleviated any symptoms I was having.
When that didn't help, I went to another "rescue inhaler" which I use in emergencies, but I remained in respiratory distress. At this point my husband, Don decided I needed a breathing treatment on my home nebulizer. After taking two treatments with no relief, Don called for an ambulance.
EMS arrived shortly and the paramedics determined I was not stable enough to move, so they gave me two more breathing treatments and a shot of epinephrine, which is used as a heart stimulant, to constrict blood vessels and to relax the bronchi in asthma. When this didn't work they did what I call a "scoop and run" to get me to the hospital.
I was given oxygen, received two more breathing treatments and a slow IV push of epinephrine in the emergency room as I struggled to breath. A chest x-ray showed my lungs as "full of rocks" according to the ER doctor and I was admitted to the hospital's Intermediate Telemetry Unit, as the Intensive Care Unit was full.
I was exhausted as I battled to breath... all while the charge nurse was busy admitting me, respiratory was hooking me up to a heart monitor and technicians were taking my vital signs.
It was later learned that I was allergic to one of my inhalers and it literally hardened my lungs into rock like pieces.
LOVING CONCERNS
My husband stayed with me as much as he could... My brothers Lyle & Joe called me and I could hear the concern
in their voices. I also received a call from a loving nephew
Tony--my heart leaped with joy as I love all my family and
the calls encouraged my heart, because as you read below you'll see what the doctor told me.
The doctor told me I would never walk out of the hospital because my heart was only functioning at 30%. But, God had
spoken to me though and said, "It is my church that is only functioning at only 30%!" I knew God had different plans for me and I trusted Him to take care of me and allow me to
walk out of that hospital one day soon!
RESTING IN JESUS' EVERLASTING ARMS
I needed to pray... I needed to rest in my Savior's arms. Suddenly love seemed to emanate everywhere and peace saturated my entire being as we walked side by side and hand in hand.
Although I was positive we were "hand in hand", we never
touched. We communed with one another and yet we never
spoke a word. Deep down in my heart, I felt so at home...
as though I had been in this place my entire life.
As I looked around tall trees bore every kind of fruit as they swayed in the slightest of breezes. Flourishing beds of
tropical flowers blossomed with colors beyond what
I had ever seen adorning the babbling brook as it
flowed freely over cascading river rocks.
Peace dominated this place... it absorbed and consumed my
entire body. I had never been so comfortable and tranquil.
I was at home in a place I had never seen before.
AND... THERE IT WAS
Up ahead... a small footbridge crossed over the babbling brook. Our pathway bloomed with greenery amidst the flower
blossoms, their colors were a rarity. The path continued
upwards and high on a hillside I could see it... there is was an enormous city, a bright, illuminated kingdom, instinctively I knew it was HEAVEN.
I had an intense desire to run to the footbridge and cross
over to the region which seemed to beckon me... and then I
heard the words, "Not yet... not now... there is still work to be done. You tell them, I AM that I AM!"
BACK TO THE UNREMARKABLE
Inevitably and suddenly I heard, "Mrs. Weltin... Mrs. Weltin... Judy!" Oh who wants me... who is calling me away?? I was with my Lord and we were walking together along the banks of this rivulet... I didn't want to leave this place. Still, I could feel myself slipping away from this peaceful place.
I opened my eyes to see nurses and doctors around my bedside. The bliss and serenity I had felt in the moments before... seemed to be the contentment they felt the moment I opened my eyes and said, "Yes! Why did you wake me?"
Unexpectedly, my nursing and 15 years of volunteering on a rescue squad kicked in with the realization that I had just survived a "Code Blue!"
What is it? A "Code Blue" is generally used to indicate a patient requiring resuscitation or in need of immediate medical attention, most often as the result of a respiratory arrest or cardiac arrest.
I WOULD NEVER FORGET MY NEW MISSION
I had walked band talked with my Savior... I had seen
Heaven shining brightly... and all of that time, I thought I had been praying. However, it was real, I knew what I had experienced was real and one day I would go there
for all time!
For now I knew I had a "God given assignment!" I would
tell everyone I knew... I'm telling you; Jesus is the
GREAT I AM and He loves you!
If you died this day... "Do You Know Where You Would End Up?"
TOMORROW: The Day I Saw the Brink of Hell
BELOW: I've Just Seen Jesus
SUNG BY: Larnelle Harris & Sandi Patty