Could "Scariest Days" End with a "Cherry on the Top"? | Carey | 010

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Here I am standing in the
waiting room knowing something

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seems to be out with their
heart.

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Not exactly sure what's going
on.

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And Nick, I'm telling you, I, I
sat there in the waiting room

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watching the fish in the
aquarium, you know, just

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thinking about being a single
dad.

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It it was one of the scariest
days of my life.

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Welcome to When You Look, where
ordinary people share their

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extraordinary experiences and
you get to decide, was it

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coincidence or God?
Carrie, thanks so much for being

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on When You Look.
Stoked to have you here.

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Nick, it is great to be here.
I've been excited ever since I

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heard about this show.
So let's do it.

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Well, I'm really excited.
As mentioned, before we get into

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your story, though, we know that
the listeners want to know a

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little bit more about you.
So tell us a little bit about

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yourself.
Yeah, well, I'm a redneck kid

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who grew up to be a pastor, grew
up in Texas in the middle of the

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oil fields in a little town and
youngest of five.

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Married, have 5 kids of my own
now, 7 grandkids.

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Happy, happy, happy as can be.
Blessed.

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Man, that's awesome.
Glad to hear about the family as

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well.
Well, give us a little bit of

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back story and then set the
stage ultimately for the entire

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story and how things went for
you and how you experienced

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them.
Yeah, well, absolutely.

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We got to rewind about 30 years.
My wife and I coming up on our

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let's see, what is it?
Our 35th wedding anniversary

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this year.
And this was within the first

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two years of our of our
marriage.

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So a long time ago, we were
expecting our first kid.

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We knew it was going to be a boy
and very excited.

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The day came and went.
He was born beautiful.

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You know just that that perfect
time of life when you think

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everything is is going exactly
the way that you think it

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should.
Well, about 2 1/2 months after

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that I went to the gym to work
out in the morning.

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My wife had been up with the
baby in the night and and was

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usually still in bed when I got
home.

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Well, this particular day I got
home and she was still in bed.

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And so I go and I get ready for
work and all that stuff and I go

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in to give her a kiss and she's
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And when I get her just a little
bit conscious, her eyes are

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rolling back in her head and she
can't speak.

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And it was, it was panic moment,
man.

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Yeah, I'll bet.
Wow.

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So what did?
What'd you do?

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Well, this is really funny.
First thing I did was call my

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mother-in-law.
They lived probably 15 minutes

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away and my my thinking was that
it was a blood sugar issue

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because my wife had struggled
with blood sugar issues all the

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time, would feel faint, that
kind of thing.

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So I thought maybe she's just
fainting.

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And so I called my
mother-in-law.

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She started coming over.
I ran downstairs and start

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cooking an egg, something, you
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her body, whatever.
Well, I get back up there and

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she still is just unable to talk
is not waking up.

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And so the minute her mom got
there and looked at her, she

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said we need to call 911.
So we did, we called the

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ambulance, was there probably
within 10 minutes.

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They, you know, checked her out
and very quickly had her on a

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Gurney going down the stairs to
head toward the ambulance.

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And, you know, here I am with
this tiny little baby in the

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next room and just just kind of
freaking out.

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You know, I have no idea what's
going on.

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And so I jump in the front of
the ambulance, my mother-in-law

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takes the baby and we're off to
the emergency room.

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And when we get there, we rush
in and, you know, they give me a

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all the stinking paperwork to
fill out, you know, so I'm

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sitting in there just
frantically filling out this

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paperwork.
And my wife has been taken back

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to an emergency bivouac,
whatever they call it, those,

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those places with all the
curtains around them.

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And so after I finish the
paperwork, the lady points me

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down the hall to where she where
I can find her.

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And as I'm walking into that
area, I'm intercepted by a

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nurse.
Kind of makes sense.

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But I can see past her.
The curtain is open halfway and

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there's this gang of people
around my wife and they have

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those little shock paddle things
sitting out on the table.

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And about that time somebody
looks and sees me and pulls the

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curtain and this lady shuffles
me off to the waiting room.

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So here I am, standing in the
waiting room knowing something

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seems to be out with her heart.
Not exactly sure what's going

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on.
And Mick, I'm telling you, I, I

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sat there in the waiting room
watching the fish in the

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aquarium, you know, just
thinking about being a single

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dad.
It, it was one of the scariest

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days of my life.
And so I don't remember time

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frames.
I just remember finally somebody

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came and told me that they had
put in a temporary pacemaker.

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My wife's heart rate had dropped
from a normal resting 75 to 80

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beats a minute to about 20 beats
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And she's 23 years old.
I mean that this kind of stuff

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just does not happen to a 23
year old, not typically.

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And so that's exactly what the
the doc was telling me was this

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is very strange and does not
happen to someone your wife's

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age.
And so we finally got out of the

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emergency room into an ICU room.
And, and when I got to see her,

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she was her normal cheerful
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She seemed just totally fine.
And the doctor said, yeah,

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that's, that's very normal.
You know, her heart's working

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like it should now and she's got
all the oxygen she needs, she's

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got the blood flow and, and
she's doing fine.

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So, you know, what we need to
figure out is what happened and

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what we can do to prevent it
from happening again or, or to

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remedy the situation.
And so Long story short, 5-6

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days go by, they're still
scratching their heads.

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They're looking up every medical
journal they can and there's

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just no case studies for someone
her age having this issue.

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And what they finally diagnosed,
they called a complete heart

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block, which is nothing to do
with the blood vessels like you

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normally will hear a heart
attacks, cholesterol and all

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that didn't have anything to do
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It was a electrical system of
her heart had essentially gotten

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blocked.
And there's these, these two

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main nerves that come into your
heart that do the thump, thump,

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you know, they kind of fire in
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And both of them were blocked
and all these little ancillary

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nerves that go in.
We're just keeping her heart

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going at that 20 beats a minute.
And she wasn't getting the main

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firing that's intended.
And so they were scratching

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their heads.
They didn't know how this could

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have happened.
They, they see this a lot in

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older patients and thus the
pacemakers for for older

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patients.
And so she's she's there in the

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hospital bed, looks like we
could go home at any minute.

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But but they've, they've run
this pacemaker and threw a vein

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here in her neck.
And so she's not going anywhere

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until they can figure this out.
And you know, they're coming up

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all kinds of theories of virus,
you know what all kind of stuff

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they don't know.
Well, about two days later, she

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starts developing a really high
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And their best guess is that
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they put that pacemaker in and
the only remedy make is to take

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the pacemaker out and to flush
the wound with, you know,

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antibiotics and that kind of
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And my first question is, OK,
that's fine.

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But what about her heart?
You know what's going to happen.

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And you know, I, I still
remember that doctor, Doctor

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Levine, look at me in the eye
and saying, I had to be honest

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with you.
We don't know.

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We don't know what's going to
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She could drop right back to
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That's most likely.
And so we, you know, we start

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having a conversation about when
you want to do this and you

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know, he was recommending within
the next three to four hours.

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And so-called her parents.
They were graduates of Moody

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Bible Institute and had been on
the mission field and serve at

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Campus Crusade.
And you know, I was a a part

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time youth pastor at the time as
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So we had all these this
Christian network of friends.

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We just got it out to everybody
to start praying and people

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prayed and prayed and prayed and
my in laws are calling.

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You know, we got thousands of
people playing, praying for my

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father in law's line is 1000 of
our best friends are praying for

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you right now.
You know, so time comes.

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We got to take that thing out.
And so it was it was a thing

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they did right there in the
room.

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They didn't take her anywhere.
And, you know, it's this big

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long tube thing and they just
undid the sutures around it and,

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and started pulling it out and
nothing, nothing happened.

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She just, she just seemed
totally normal still.

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And they're monitoring her pulse
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Got the stethoscope,
everything's fine.

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And the doc's scratching his
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He's, he's going, this is really
strange.

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This, this does not happen.
And so finally they do all the

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Ek GS and that kind of stuff
after the fact and discover that

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that her heart is beating
normally as it should have been

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beating before this whole thing
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And they, they're just saying to
us, you just do not come out of

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a complete heart block.
You just don't, that doesn't

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happen.
And so, you know, of course,

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we're praising the Lord, all
that sort of stuff.

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Amazing difference to our
attitudes, my morale, obviously

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not going to be a single dad,
that's for sure.

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And, you know, there's just,
there's just nothing I can say

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to express how I felt at that
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It was one of those moments
where the elation of disaster

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averted was just, it was, it was
palpable.

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Me, I could taste it, I could
touch it.

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It was really just incredible
experience, Mick.

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Yeah, wow.
So Carrie, take us back to some

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of the conversation that you and
your wife had, because at this

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point you talk about she's
essentially normal to the to the

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eye, if you will.
And you're thinking, hey, we

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could be discharged at any
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And a granted, they weren't
letting you do that, right?

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But you're talking about how
she's fully lucid, fully there.

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Talk to us a little bit about
that conversation and how that

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went.
Yeah, well, you know, we both

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are trying to put our money
where her mouth is when it comes

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to our faith, you know, and
trust the Lord that he knows

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what he's doing.
It's hard in those moments

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because, you know, all those
questions come to mind.

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You know, God, why are you
letting this happen?

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You know, all that kind of
stuff.

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And you know, we, we knew from
our own experience, the power of

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prayer.
We're, we're hoping that

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something different is going to
happen.

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And at the same time, we're
talking about what ifs, you

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know, what if they can't figure
this out?

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What if you have to have a
pacemaker installed, you know,

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all that sort of stuff?
I mean, that was the, the worst

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case prognosis.
They were saying she would have

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to have a permanent pacemaker,
which, which in his words is

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very unfortunate at 23 years
old, you know, So, you know,

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we're, we're just trying to roll
with it that, you know, a

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pacemaker is better than dead,
you know, So we, we were just

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kind of resigned that that's
probably the way it was going to

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go.
Yeah, and how many days in was

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this?
Oh gosh, she was, she was acting

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normal within the first day.
I mean, once they got that

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temporary pacemaker in.
And so it was probably from day

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one through day 4 before that
fever kicked in.

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And then she was, she was just
feeling so poorly.

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There wasn't much conversation
going on then cuz she was

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sleeping a lot.
She's trying to stay warm, you

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know, all that stuff.
Yeah, wow.

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So you guys make the decision,
yeah, the pacemaker gets

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removed.
And then how long does it take

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for that feeling of elation to
begin to set in as the

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realization of everything is OK
also begins to set in?

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Yeah, man, I think, I think the
first 30 seconds were the most

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horrific just because you, you
see the thing come out and she

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and I, you know, just just eyes
locked with each other and, and

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you know that, that silent
language you have with your

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spouse, you know, with your eyes
and stuff.

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And she's looking at me like,
well, nothing's happening.

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You know, that that kind of a
look.

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And it, it was like that too
good to be true thing.

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You're waiting, you know, well,
maybe it takes a minute, Maybe

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your heart stays on autopilot
for a bit and then drops in.

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And it was within probably 2-3
minutes.

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The, the doc was saying this is,
this is unusual.

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You know, she should have
already gone semi unconscious by

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now if it was going to happen.
And then 5 minutes, 10 minutes,

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you start hoping and within 15
we're we're just confident God

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has done something amazing here.
Wow, very cool.

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Well, you just mentioned some
timing stuff there.

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The doctor says, you know,
typically within two or three

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minutes, somebody semi conscious
at that point.

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So actually take us back, let's
kind of rewind to the beginning

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because you had described a fair
bit of elapsed time.

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So we don't know when this all
started, right?

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And you get home.
So some period of time's elapsed

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up until you get home.
But even if it didn't, even if

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it happens the split second you
get home, it's about 15 minutes

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or so.
You were talking as you're

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making the egg and that type of
thing.

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And then another 10:00-ish until
the ambulance arrives.

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So we're talking kind of at a
minimum 25 ish minutes.

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We don't know how much longer
than that.

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So here here kind of comes the
question what kind of physical

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or brain impact did any of that
low heart rate and semi

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conscious and and completely not
normal state have on your wife?

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Yeah, those were concerns for me
because, you know, I didn't know

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anything about any of this.
And, you know, the doctor said

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that 20 beats a minute roughly
is what her heart was beating

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at.
And that's barely enough to keep

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you alive, is what he said.
And so I'm immediately thinking

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lack of blood flow to the brain
and, and it may be the heart

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being damaged and all that kind
of stuff.

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And we found out after the whole
thing was done, part of, part of

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what they were amazed about was
that once her heart's beating

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normally and everything,
they're, they're doing

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ultrasounds, they're doing the
EKG, they're doing all that

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stuff to kind of assess what's
happened to her heart.

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And they were, they were saying
normally you would see some kind

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of damage to the heart.
You would see muscles that have

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torn from from trying too hard
or you would see some sort of a

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a death to some of the cells in
the heart.

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And her heart looked like, you
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It was just nothing about it
that that indicated she had ever

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had a complete heart block.
And you know, you Fast forward

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some from there.
Every time we had a baby from

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then on, they would hear her
story and want to get her

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checked out and would want a
cardiologist in the room when

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she delivers.
So every one of the kids was

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scheduled and every single one
of those cardiologists would see

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her, her then current EKG and
ultrasound and say you don't

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have any damage to your heart.
How did you have a complete

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heart block?
I mean, same thing, just this,

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this repeated over the next 8 or
10 years, reminder of what had

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happened and that there was
absolutely no harm to her at

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all.
And brain wise, I mean, she's

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smarter today than she was then.
So, you know, I don't, I don't

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see any evidence of brain
problems.

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Yeah, wow.
Well, we asked this question of

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every guest, and that is was it
coincidence or God that this

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worked out the way it did?
Yeah, well, I'm definitely

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convinced it was God.
I've been a follower of Jesus

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Christ since I was five years
old.

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My wife, we, we, we joke, we, we
trusted in Christ the same time,

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the same day, the same hour.
We don't know that, but it was

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definitely the same year.
She was four years old.

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I was five years old.
And, you know, we both have have

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followed the Lord for years.
We prayed, we've seen answers to

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prayer.
We've seen even since this event

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that I'm describing for you,
lots of things happen over the

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years that have been answered
Prayers and and yeah, I'm just

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convinced, you know, God, God
did this.

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Yeah, right on.
Well, the follow on question

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that we ask every guest is
what's been the impact or how

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has your life changed as a
result of seeing this as God in

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action?
Yeah, well, we've had the

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privilege of sharing this story
with so many people who have

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been in similar crazy
circumstances just to give hope

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that God does hear, he does
answer prayer.

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You know, you always have to
kind of give the caveat, but

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he's God, you know, he gets to
decide when and where and, and

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can't guarantee anything.
But we do know we have a God who

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listens and he answers.
We also have, I guess through

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our, through our adult lives,
had opportunities to trust God

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in similar circumstances,
whether it's a heart condition

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or a financial crisis or
something, where the faith that

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we learned in this time gets
tested again and we get to go

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back in the annals of memory
and, and remind ourselves, he

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was faithful then, he'll be
faithful now.

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So it's been a stepping stone.
It's been a brick in the path,

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so to speak, that's helped us
build our faith over the years

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in and even sharing the story
helps others build their faith.

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Yeah, a stepping stone.
Yeah.

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And you know, I just thought of
this too.

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I think another, another
benefit.

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We have four more kids now, you
know, which would not have

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happened if if we'd lost her
then.

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So kids, grandkids, all kinds of
blessing that have come because

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of the answer to prayer.
Yeah.

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Praise God.
Praise God, Kerry.

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Well, super awesome of you to
share the story.

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Lots of really unique and cool
details in there in terms of no

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impact to your wife and and yet
all of it stemming from an

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incredibly abnormal scenario to
happen for someone who's healthy

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and 23 years old.
So really quite miraculous.

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Thanks a bunch from coming on
when you look.

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Oh yeah.
Great to have you.

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Absolutely.
Can I give you a little cherry

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on the top?
Go right ahead.

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This was crazy, man.
After she was feeling normal.

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The the thing had been taken out
all that they're trying to

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figure out what happened.
The lady from the finance office

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comes up and she's standing in
the room.

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They're talking to us.
And you know, this was what

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1980, gosh, 1993 is when this
happened.

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So she comes up and she says, I
came up to talk to you about

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the, the financial piece of
this.

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You know, how, how are you
planning to take care of this?

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And we, I just started a new
job.

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We had no insurance and you
know, we kind of look at each

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other and I said, well, how much
is it?

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And she said, well, at this
point it's, it's $29,000, which

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you know, that's 1990 three
$29,000.

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Now it would be a couple 100,000
probably.

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And we just kind of laughed
looking at each other.

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And I, I just told her I'll come
down and talk to you about it

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later.
And so I did and telling our

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situation, no insurance, all
this stuff.

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And she, she says, well, there's
this program, it hasn't existed

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very long.
It's called the Colorado

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Resident Discount Program.
And if you have certain income

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criteria, you might qualify.
So I fill out all this

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application and I'm telling you,
Mick, we had something like $278

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in our bank account.
That was it.

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And this Colorado Resident
Discount program paid for all

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but $270 of the bill.
Is that just a nice little

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cherry on the top?
Oh, Carrie, that's so good.

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It was amazing.
It was really cool.

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Go God.
Yeah, I still have the the

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hospital bill with a 0 net
balance, you know, circled my

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wife.
Back then there was a commercial

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for MetLife insurance on TV that
said get met, it pays and my

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wife writes on it.
Get God, He pays.

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Yeah, Wow.
Oh, that's so good.

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The 278 versus the 270.
Oh man.

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Yeah, so we went and bought
burritos or something.

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I don't remember what we did.
Like any good Coloradan would

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do, right?
Yeah.

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Yeah, yeah.
Wow.

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Well, Carrie, I mean, it sounds
like this one keeps getting

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better.
Any other cherries to add on to

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the on to that?
One.

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Not for this particular one, no.
Yeah, well, thanks a bunch man

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for being on, especially for the
laughter at the end of what was

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already an amazing story, but
just to to hear God's provision

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in two different ways over all
of this.

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You know, absolutely.
Really wonderful.

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Well, thanks a bunch for
sharing.

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We wish you the best and we'll
chat soon all.

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Right, Mick, Thanks.
Well, there you have it.

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You decide for yourself, but I

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