I was asked to put down our story of how our loving Lord and Father heard our prayers and answered them, so here goes. November 21st 2001, Jimmy, my husband, woke up feeling a bit breathless and tight in his chest, as he had a heart attack some 12 years earlier, we made a doctors appointment for that morning t 10:00am. By 11:00am he was in hospital and apart from a break of 4 days, did not come home for 6 months.Jim was transferred to St.Thomas's Hospital in London on December 21st and they operated in him the next day for a double
by-pass and mitral valve replacement. We were told there was a 95% success rate but Jim must have been border line. they had trouble fitting the valve and following the operation could not stop the bleeding. They could not tell me what his chances were and he was in a coma for a week, all over Christmas. We were going to the hospital daily and then we were told that he had taken a "significant backward step" during the night and that his drugs had been massively increased". I looked at the nurse and said "we are losing him", she just looked back at me. I had a panic attack but the Lord was in control and sent us our minister at the time, David Mouncer, in on a visit to Jim, and with my youngest daughter who was with me, we all prayed "Father God, in the name of your beloved son our Lord Jesus we are asking you for a miracle for Jimmy". The very next day we went as usual to the hospital, my legs were like jelly, and when we went in, one of my daughters went through first and came out saying we must wait as "they were working on him". I thought that this was it. But then she said his eyes were open. Our prayers had been answered though he was still very weak and had many set backs. The hospital fitted a pacemaker and he was let home in March. Only 4 days later his heart was racing so badly I had to call an ambulance. Again the Lord was in control. Just as I was phoning, Erica came to deliver a card for Jim. She is a physiotherapist and has first aid skills which I don't have, and she stayed with me until my daughter was able to reach me. later Jim was fitted with a defibrillator and was finally home on June 4th 2002. On his way to the operating theatre Jim had prayed "I am in your hands lord". Now he knows the lord truly answers prayers and is fully communicant.

Amen