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>> Welcome to
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It Is Written Canada.
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Thank you for joining us.
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Ron Blaney and
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Dr. Darlene Blaney have been
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involved in helping people
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get their health back
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for almost 30 years.
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Together, they own and operate
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a health food store and
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nutrition practice in
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the town of Eckville, Alberta.
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>> Ron has a degree in business
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and accounting and is a
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fitness trainer, and Darlene
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has a PhD in nutrition,
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is a nutrition consulting
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practitioner, and is also
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a fitness trainer.
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Married for 35 years, they are
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blessed with four adult sons,
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two daughters-in-law
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and two grandsons.
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Life is busy with its ups
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and downs.
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However, in 2017,
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their life took a sudden change.
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>> Ron and Darlene,
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thank you for joining us on
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It is Written Canada.
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>> Thank you for your invitation
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to the It Is Written
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living room.
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>> You're very welcome.
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So, Darlene,
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take us back to
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that time in 2017,
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there was a big change
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that happened in your life.
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What happened just before that,
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leading up to that?
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And what happened in 2017?
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>> Sure.
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So for about four years,
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I had been struggling with
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a chronic cough,
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difficulty breathing at times
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like asthma.
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They couldn't figure it out
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what it was.
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I had gotten allergy testing
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and so forth.
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I had kind of self-diagnosed
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that I figured I had a
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thyroid issue, bit of
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weight-gain and, you know,
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low energy and so forth.
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Or perhaps hormonal changes.
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But my numbers, bloodwork
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always came out perfect
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so it was a bit- kind of
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confusing and bewildering.
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One weekend we did a
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health seminar weekend,
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and I lost my voice
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during the weekend, presenting.
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And the cough got worse
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and I was just exhausted.
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And on our way home, I said,
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" Ron, I'm amazed I even made it
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through that weekend.
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Like it was just a struggle."
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During that week, I felt a lump
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in my throat and I thought,
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I better go to the doctor
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and have it checked.
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And my results came back
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and I had almost a
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four-centimetre mass
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on each side, each lobe
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of my thyroid.
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My bloodwork still showed normal
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for my thyroid.
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My antibodies were 400 times
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what they should be.
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So he said, "Well, it could be
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that maybe a virus hit it
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and it's, you know, attacked it
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that way.
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But let's do a biopsy
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and see what it is."
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So I went for the biopsy
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and I was waiting for the
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results to come in,
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and I wasn't hearing.
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So one day I called up and
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I said to the receptionist,
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you know, "I'm waiting to hear
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the biopsy results.
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Haven't heard anything."
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So she said, "Let me check."
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And I got there and I was
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in the room happy as can be
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waiting for him to come in.
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And he walked in and I had a
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big smile, but he did not.
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"Well, let's just read
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the reports together.
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You know, you like to know
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all the details.
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Let's read that."
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So he printed it off,
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sat beside me,
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and he began to read
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and all I heard was, "Blah blah
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blah, cancer, blah, blah, blah,
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cancer."
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And, I guess I was in shock,
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but I thought I was
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handling it well.
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And he said, "Are you okay?
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Are you okay to go home?"
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I said, "Yeah, I'm fine,
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I'm fine."
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So he gave me a hug and he
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prayed with me, which I was
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grateful for, and I left.
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And he said, "I'll get ahold of
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you as soon as I can get ahold
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of that surgeon."
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In fact, he even tried
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while I was sitting there
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and couldn't get ahold of them.
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And the urgency and panic
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almost in his voice
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as he was trying to get
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ahold of him made me
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a little bit, you know, nervous.
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So I walked out to my car and
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not realizing how much shock
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I was in, I literally
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just walked out.
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I didn't look for traffic.
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I just kind of got in my car.
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And then it hit me.
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And I thought, What am I
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gonna do?
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How do I tell my family?
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I'm a health director of our
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conference, I teach nutrition,
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I have clients...
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I have cancer.
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I have the thing that I help
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everyone else with.
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How embarrassing.
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How am I supposed to tell people
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I have cancer now?
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How did this even happen?
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And I thought, That's it.
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I'm not gonna tell my family.
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I'll think this through first
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and figure out what to do.
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Maybe wait for the biopsy,
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see what happens.
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And I stepped out of the car
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and collapsed.
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My legs just wouldn't even
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hold me.
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So I managed to pull myself up
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and try to pull myself together
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and walk in.
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And my son took one look at me
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and he knew it wasn't good.
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>> Ron, so you didn't go
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with Darlene at the time.
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Where were you?
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Were you just...
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>> I was at the
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health food store.
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>> Oh, you were at the
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health food store just...
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>> She insisted that
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she's got this and
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most of the time
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most of the time
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we're together with these
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appointments.
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>> Okay, so you stayed home and
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you had no idea.
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>> I had no idea, no.
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>> Yeah, so...
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And in the meantime, Darlene,
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you thought you were okay?
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>> Yeah, that's right.
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We didn't expect anything big
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for him to have to come...
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>> And you weren't really
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in shock after hearing the news.
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And then as soon as you left,
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you realized, Okay, I'm
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actually not okay.
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>> Exactly.
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>> Totally different picture.
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You're going there singing.
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You're coming back
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completely falling apart.
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In shock, yeah.
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>> Yeah, it was a change.
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>> So what did your son think
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when he saw you?
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>> Well, he didn't say a lot,
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but he's like, "It's not good,
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is it, Mom?" and I burst
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into tears and I just said,
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"I have cancer."
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And he had lost his mom
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at the exact same age
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from cancer as I was now
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at that time.
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I thought, I can't tell him.
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He's gonna think he's gonna
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lose me at the same time and...
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You know, so I went out
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the back door because I said
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to my son, "I can't see
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customers, I can't see anyone
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right now."
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I knelt and I prayed and I said,
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"Lord, if it's my time,
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help me to accept it.
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But I have, we have
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four boys,
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you know, and my husband
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needs me.
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I just wanna be here for them.
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So if it's possible,
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please just help me not to die.
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And when I walk in to that
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specialist, help them to give me
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courage and give me, you know,
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that message that I'm not gonna
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die from this.
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If it's Your will."
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>> So Ron, can you tell us
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how you were feeling
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and how you were processing
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Darlene's diagnosis of
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thyroid cancer?
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>> Instead of focusing
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on myself,
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of losing a spouse,
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I focus on what does she need
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me to do?
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What can I do to help her?
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And if there's nothing,
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then at least I can
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pray for her, as I usually do,
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but more earnestly.
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And to see if there's something
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that I can encourage her with...
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...besides the many hugs
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of support. [laughs]
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[RENÉ] So you just turned
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all your focus, all your
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attention or your energy
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onto Darlene.
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And obviously, Darlene,
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you felt that.
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>> Oh, yes. [laughs]
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I did.
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Very good support.
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My kids were very good support,
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too, and they all did a lot of
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walks with me,
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and we tried to play dominoes
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100 times over. [laughs]
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But there was a verse that
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actually came quite strong
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in my mind a couple months prior
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when I wasn't feeling so great
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and just stood out to me
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and I felt so impressed
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I needed to memorize it.
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And it's a well known one,
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but I didn't have it memorized
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in heart, you know?
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And it's Deuteronomy 31:6
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where it says...
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And that became my verse.
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I prayed myself and out loud
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I said, "Lord, I will be
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a living testimony for You.
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I will live for you.
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And if You choose that
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this is it,
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I will willingly go.
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But if I am still here,
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I will live my life out
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as a living testimony for You.”
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And so we went for surgery,
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and I felt good about it,
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and we prayed about it,
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and I said goodbye to Ron.
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And took me into the first area
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just before the operating room,
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and everything was shaking,
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literally.
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And I just prayed out loud.
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I was a person that was very shy
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to pray, but it didn't matter.
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I just prayed out loud
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and I just said, "Lord,
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I'm in Your hands.
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Whatever it is, it's Yours.
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If I wake up and I'm still here,
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then I will work for You.
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If I wake up and I see
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Your face, I will sing praises.
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This time for real.
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I won't get turned around."
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And so I went into the surgery,
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and when I came out
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into recovery, I could hear
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the nurse's voice trying to
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talk to me.
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And my first instant thought
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was, Well, I'm still here.
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I'm alive! [laughs]
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And then the next thing
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I thought, Oh, I'm still here...
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[laughter]
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And I felt sad and I thought,
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I was looking forward to heaven
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and Jesus's face, and I thought,
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I'm okay.
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I would have been okay.
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My faith was there.
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And, yeah, and then we- I was
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taken back to my room
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and the surgeon came in and, see
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with this chronic cough, we were
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very concerned I was gonna
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rip open the stitches
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and they warned me I might need
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a tracheotomy.
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And so I was only using 50%
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of my lung capacity, otherwise
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I would cough instantly.
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So they had all the towels
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around and ready for me
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to take my deep breath
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or my first breath.
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I never breathe so deep
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in so many years.
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It was amazing.
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And then the surgeon said,
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"How do you feel?"
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And I went to talk and he goes,
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"Yes, she talks!" because he was
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very concerned of my
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vocal cords.
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And then he said, "We could
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not stop the bleeding.
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Your two-hour surgery
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turned into a four-hour surgery.
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I had a call in a colleague.
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We ended up putting staples.
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You've got a railway track of
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over 100 staples that are
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gonna be there for life
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with you, but we managed to
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stop the bleeding.
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And we will, yeah, onward and
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up, you know, upward.
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And so my recovery went well
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overall.
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And probably one of the
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biggest concerns I had was
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having to take medication
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the rest of my life and
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still today, you know,
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as a health person.
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Well, how do you- how is it you
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have to take this medication?
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And, but you need a
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thyroid hormone if you
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don't have a thyroid.
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And so I was praying about that.
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And, you know, the doctor says
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that the problem is my body is
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converting that T3, T4
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so quickly that my medication
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is probably half the strength
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of what the average person who's
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thyroid isn't working well.
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So I know God's hand is
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in that, too.
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And the other thing was
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having to go through radiation
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after, radioactive iodine.
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And I honestly did not want that
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because I knew it puts up
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my risk for other cancers
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and so forth.
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And so again, I was praying,
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"Lord, please help me not to
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have to make that decision."
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And the surgeon went through
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everything and he said to me,
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"You are zero out of six.
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You do not need radiation."
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So...and one other thing
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I forgot was when he came in
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to check my voice, he said
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to me, "Your thyroid was
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so swollen, it was like
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something was holding it
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tightly together.
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It was like it was ready
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to explode."
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And I said, "That was God.
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I know God was just holding it
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there for me and it didn't go
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beyond even to one lymph node.
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So I was so blessed.
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And after that,
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there's two things I learned.
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One was there is sin in this
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world and none of us are exempt
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of it.
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We can do the best
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that we can do,
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and that's all we're
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called for, right?
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And...
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...and secondly,
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that, yeah, God is with us
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every step of the way.
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He didn't promise that it
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wouldn't, you know, life
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wouldn't be difficult, but He
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promised to walk with us
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every step of the way.
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>> So now that was 2017,
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four years later,
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I mean, you would hope that it
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would be happily ever after,
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but four years later,
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now 2021...
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...something hits you, Ron.
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>> Well, it's just like
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any other day
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at the store
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near the end of our day,
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I just became out of breath.
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So severe, it was just...
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I've never experienced
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it before.
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And I knew something
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wasn't right.
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I'm not the one quick to say,
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"Let's go to the doctor,"
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as Darlene knows me, that.
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And...
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...I suggested, you know,
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"We gotta go to the hospital."
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So it was hard for me to
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actually say that, but I knew
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something was wrong.
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I need help.
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So we went there,
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and shortly after getting
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into the hospital, there was
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hardly any wait.
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They put me on the table
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and they quickly, people were
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surrounding the table and
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I'm thinking, I had no idea
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the trouble I was in.
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They said, your heart's beating
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204 beats, so
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we need to slow it down
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right away.
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>> And you hadn't been
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exercising or doing anything
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strenuous?
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>> Just routine, you know?
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So they they suggested they're
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gonna put a solution in me
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to try to slow my heart down.
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And, it didn't work.
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And then they tried it again
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with a different solution.
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>> And then they called me in.
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There's bells and whistles
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going off in the waiting room
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And I thought, "Lord, please
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help that to not be my husband."
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And I went in and it was
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my husband.
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And, they said, "We're trying to
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slow this heart rate down.
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If it doesn't, we're gonna
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have to stop his heart,
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possibly, and restart it.
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Within five minutes he actually
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went into cardiac arrest.
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And they were all shouting
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and running in and
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paddles were on him.
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And I'm sitting there watching
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all this.
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And then the doctors literally,
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like a movie, on top of him,
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trying to shout his name and
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pound his heart.
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And then they were
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doing it again.
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And I just left the room.
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I went outside the door and
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I started praying out loud.
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You know, how could this morning
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turn into this?
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I didn't see it coming.
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And eventually they came out
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and got me and said, "He's back.
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You can come back in.
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We're so sorry you saw all that.
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But he's back, so come back.
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>> So here I am waking up
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and I had not knowing what was
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going on and never did.
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I woke up and everything
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was just calm for me.
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And then they said, they have to
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get me ready to go to Edmonton
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to the much bigger hospital
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with more specialists there.
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And, they said, "Okay, Ron,
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we're gonna lift you and put you
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on the, I'm not sure what you
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call it, the unit that they
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roll out into the ambulance.
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And I said, "No, I got this!"
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So I lifted myself,
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put myself over.
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They chuckled about it.
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He's a fighter.
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And then we went out and
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somebody had stopped Darlene
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on the way out because she was
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gonna follow the ambulance.
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>> Yeah, and because of Covid,
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I couldn't go.
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And so it was actually
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Red Deer Hospital first
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that they were then that night
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and the next day,
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doing a bunch of tests
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and I couldn't be there,
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couldn't even be to find out
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what was happening.
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And so all the tests had gone-
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they were trying to take him to
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Edmonton, the bigger hospital,
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but they couldn't get him in
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for the angiogram.
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And so that night, they promised
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the next day he would
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have that test.
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And then that night...
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...you went to go to sleep
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and were agitated.
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>> Oh, this is- I...yeah, okay.
00:16:29.75\00:16:31.99
It was the night in
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from Rimbey Hospital to
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Red Deer Hospital that...
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...that night I was to go to
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sleep, of course, but I had a
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hard time sleeping.
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I was so anxious.
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It was beyond- I've never,
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never felt that before.
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Something's wrong.
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I could not go to sleep.
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They said, "Well, Ron,
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we'll give you a sleeping pill
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if you like."
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An hour later...sleeping pill...
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...and I got about three hours
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sleep and they woke me up.
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They surrounded my bed
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and I didn't know what was
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going on.
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And even pleaded with them,
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"Please leave me alone.
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I'm tired.
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I need a little bit more rest."
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And just, "No, sorry, Ron,
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we have to work on you.
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Your heart's beating at
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193 right now
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and we need to slow it down.
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And so I started sobbing
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and it was almost as if
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nobody was in the room.
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Just me and God.
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And I started talking to Him,
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and I started asking Him,
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"Is this it for me?
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Is this my last day?
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Well, I tried to serve You well.
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If it is Your will
00:17:47.96\00:17:49.70
that I go to sleep,
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Thy will be done.
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However, if you can give me
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a little bit more time,
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I would really appreciate that.
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I want to serve You better.
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I want to serve You more.
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And just thinking of my family
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that I think they still
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need me." [laughs]
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And then shortly after...
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...then that's when they took me
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out into the hospital,
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in the ambulance to head
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for Edmonton.
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And that's where a nurse had
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stopped Darlene, who was
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following and said something.
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And I didn't know this,
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I?lad I didn't at the time.
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I found out later.
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And in fact, I think it took
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Darlene about a year to tell me
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this message.
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>> So what was the message,
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Darlene?
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[DARLENE] So as I drove
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to the hospital,
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I prayed so hard all that way.
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And I went in and went up
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and they they stopped me
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from going in, and they took me
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to another room and
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the doctor came in and he said,
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"You need to pray that
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he has a blockage."
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Never thought we would be
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praying for a blockage.
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And he said, "We don't know
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what's wrong with him.
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If it's not a blockage,
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we have no idea.
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So start praying he has
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a blockage."
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So then I was allowed to go into
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the room and the paramedics went
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to take him, and one paramedic
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came back and he said to me,
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"Are you going to Edmonton?"
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I said, "Yes, I'll drive up."
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And then he says, "Okay,
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I need you to know, chances are
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your husband's not gonna be
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alive when you get there."
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And he left me like that.
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And I was alone in the room,
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and I kind of packed up
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his stuff to leave, and I wasn't
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sure how I was feeling.
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And I walked out to the hallway
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and there was a new nurse that
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had just come on, and she
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walks up to me and she said,
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"How are you?"
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And I said, "I think I'm okay,
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but-" and then I shared with her
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what the paramedic said,
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and she said, "I-
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can I give you a hug?"
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And of course, this is Covid.
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No one's touching or
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doing anything.
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She gave me a hug and she said,
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"I want you to know that
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your husband is gonna be okay
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and I'm gonna be here when
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you guys come back.
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I will see you both again."
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And then she said, "Let me
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walk you out."
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And she walked me out
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and she said, "My name is Diana,
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and I want you to know
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everything's gonna be okay."
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And as I walked out,
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that was it.
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I thought, You know what?
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That was my angel...that was
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my angel.
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But then I just realized God's
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just slowing me down again.
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He's in control.
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So I got there.
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He had had the angiogram,
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I'm praying for a blockage.
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I walk in and they go.
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He has the heart of a
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20-year-old.
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We don't know what's wrong.
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All his arteries are clear.
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>> Mmm!
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He's not a smoker, he's not a
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drinker, he's not...
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>> None of this.
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>> He's a very healthy person.
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>> Even exercise, lots of water.
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>> So it was just an
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accelerated heart rate?
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>> No.
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At that point is what
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they thought.
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>> Yeah, it took them a couple
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of days to try to figure it out.
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>> And eventually,
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long story short,
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he was diagnosed with something
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called cardiac sarcoidosis.
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And cardiac sarcoidosis is
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rarely diagnosed.
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The reason is usually
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it's through the autopsy
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that they diagnose it.
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Later, they told us
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both times he had a
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0.5% chance of survival.
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And he's pulled through both.
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He's been upgraded to a new
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pacemaker, you're now 100% paced
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all the time.
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>> I remember being in,
00:21:17.51\00:21:19.27
back in Red Deer Hospital,
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the heart specialist kneeled
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right, really close to me
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and he said, "What's wrong?"
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I was just sobbing.
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My mind set back, What did I do
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to get to this point?
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And I can't get through this.
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I don't understand.
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And I explained it to him
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and he says, "Well, Ron,
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we'll take care of you.
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If you had a blockage,
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we'll have you up in a
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couple of hours."
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And I'm thinking, how do I get
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a blockage with my lifestyle
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though?
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So back to Edmonton here,
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that was the problem is...
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...well, I guess it's a problem
00:21:55.94\00:21:57.01
for them because they thought
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they fixed me up real quick
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and I didn't have a blockage.
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>> So it's an autoimmune
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disease is what we figured out.
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And they say they don't know
00:22:05.59\00:22:06.65
what causes it.
00:22:06.65\00:22:07.82
Environmental toxicity,
00:22:07.82\00:22:09.96
perhaps hereditary, but they're
00:22:09.96\00:22:11.43
not sure.
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>> So I was in ICU
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and then for, I guess,
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for about 4 or 5 days,
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I was intensive.
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They were watching me
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every minute.
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Every day.
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And I got to the point where
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I was just, like, I'm active.
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I like to do stuff.
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Sitting around is not my style.
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And I was just getting bored
00:22:33.85\00:22:35.32
laying there every day.
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And it's like, there's gotta be
00:22:36.89\00:22:37.89
something more to life.
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And so I asked the nurse,
00:22:39.39\00:22:40.96
"Do you mind if I just
00:22:40.96\00:22:42.19
go for a walk?"
00:22:42.19\00:22:43.89
They were hesitant,
00:22:43.89\00:22:45.83
but they let me.
00:22:45.83\00:22:46.83
"I'll be okay.
00:22:46.83\00:22:47.86
I'll walk slow."
00:22:47.86\00:22:48.90
And so they let me walk into
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the hall a little bit.
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And there- they have these
00:22:51.37\00:22:52.43
islands there so I just started
00:22:52.43\00:22:54.54
making laps.
00:22:54.54\00:22:55.47
I didn't know I was gonna make,
00:22:55.47\00:22:56.94
meet even one lap.
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I did 4 or 5 laps
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and then rested for a while
00:23:00.04\00:23:02.01
and did it again.
00:23:02.01\00:23:03.08
I was just- I didn't realize
00:23:03.08\00:23:04.25
I was really working myself
00:23:04.25\00:23:05.48
back to health.
00:23:05.48\00:23:07.42
And then one doctor says,
00:23:07.42\00:23:08.65
"Well, because of your
00:23:08.65\00:23:10.39
lifestyle, I think that's
00:23:10.39\00:23:11.19
lifestyle, I think that's
00:23:11.19\00:23:11.82
probably really helped you out
00:23:11.92\00:23:13.56
to bounce back."
00:23:13.56\00:23:14.72
>> Awesome.
00:23:14.72\00:23:15.99
Sorry, have you completely
00:23:15.99\00:23:17.16
bounced back now, or do you
00:23:17.16\00:23:18.36
still have a bit of
00:23:18.36\00:23:20.00
difficulties?
00:23:20.00\00:23:20.96
>> There's still some
00:23:20.96\00:23:21.73
challenges, but they say the...
00:23:21.73\00:23:23.97
...my heart is in remission,
00:23:24.93\00:23:27.20
my lungs are still,
00:23:27.20\00:23:29.70
they're still watching that,
00:23:29.70\00:23:30.87
fluid and that.
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But I...
00:23:33.74\00:23:35.31
...I'm doing better.
00:23:36.14\00:23:37.55
...I'm doing better.
00:23:37.55\00:23:38.35
you know,
00:23:38.35\00:23:39.41
I have have a problem with doing
00:23:39.41\00:23:42.18
too much sometimes
00:23:42.18\00:23:43.22
so I have to slow down.
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>> So any thoughts
00:23:47.02\00:23:49.69
in conclusion, final question,
00:23:49.69\00:23:51.79
you know, where are you at
00:23:51.79\00:23:53.40
right now, before we take time
00:23:53.40\00:23:55.70
to pray.
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Okay.
00:23:56.83\00:23:57.60
>> Well, final thoughts is,
00:23:58.23\00:24:00.24
this is something that can
00:24:00.24\00:24:01.24
catch you off guard.
00:24:01.24\00:24:02.94
You don't know.
00:24:02.94\00:24:03.84
That's what happened to me.
00:24:03.84\00:24:05.17
And pushes you right to the edge
00:24:06.17\00:24:08.14
as though you're ready to
00:24:08.14\00:24:09.21
drop off Niagara Falls
00:24:09.21\00:24:10.41
or something and you have
00:24:10.41\00:24:11.81
no control.
00:24:11.81\00:24:13.08
It is so important to have
00:24:13.82\00:24:15.42
a relationship with God,
00:24:15.42\00:24:18.05
that He can get you through
00:24:18.05\00:24:19.22
those tough times.
00:24:19.22\00:24:20.46
And I think through that
00:24:22.09\00:24:23.12
relationship, you have a faith
00:24:23.12\00:24:25.79
that grows within you.
00:24:25.79\00:24:27.60
And if it's not meant to be
00:24:27.60\00:24:30.33
that you're to be in this world
00:24:30.33\00:24:32.23
for a longer time,
00:24:32.23\00:24:34.14
it is His will,
00:24:34.14\00:24:35.27
and I'm okay with that.
00:24:35.27\00:24:36.97
His will be done.
00:24:36.97\00:24:38.67
I'm good with that.
00:24:38.67\00:24:41.71
But we need to have that
00:24:41.71\00:24:43.85
relationship because it's the
00:24:43.85\00:24:45.41
bridge that makes life,
00:24:45.41\00:24:48.25
in my opinion, a whole lot
00:24:48.25\00:24:49.68
easier, less stressful.
00:24:49.68\00:24:51.79
>> Absolutely.
00:24:52.82\00:24:54.12
Thank you so much for sharing
00:24:54.12\00:24:56.19
with us, Darlene and Ron,
00:24:56.19\00:24:58.53
and how God has led to you
00:24:58.53\00:24:59.69
in the past.
00:24:59.69\00:25:00.63
We've come to the end of
00:25:00.63\00:25:01.53
our time together.
00:25:01.53\00:25:02.46
I wonder if if you could pray,
00:25:02.46\00:25:03.67
one of you pray for our viewers.
00:25:03.67\00:25:06.30
Maybe there's someone who,
00:25:06.30\00:25:08.44
like yourselves,
00:25:08.44\00:25:10.14
did all the right things.
00:25:10.14\00:25:11.34
[laughs]
00:25:11.34\00:25:12.21
I mean, you're a healthcare
00:25:12.21\00:25:13.21
professional.
00:25:13.21\00:25:14.08
You're both very healthy
00:25:14.08\00:25:16.08
taking care of yourselves,
00:25:16.08\00:25:18.25
and things went wrong.
00:25:18.25\00:25:19.81
And I think of Job's story.
00:25:19.81\00:25:21.45
He did everything right, right?
00:25:21.45\00:25:23.55
And the devil attacked.
00:25:23.55\00:25:26.45
We're in this world and he
00:25:26.45\00:25:28.12
held on to God, right?
00:25:28.12\00:25:29.52
The Lord gives, the Lord
00:25:29.52\00:25:30.66
takes away.
00:25:30.66\00:25:31.46
Blessed be the name of the Lord.
00:25:31.46\00:25:32.59
And so he was stressed.
00:25:32.59\00:25:34.03
But he didn't understand
00:25:34.03\00:25:34.93
what was happening
00:25:34.93\00:25:35.76
behind the scenes, right,
00:25:35.76\00:25:36.80
in his life.
00:25:36.80\00:25:37.60
And sometimes we just don't see.
00:25:37.60\00:25:39.83
But we trust God's hand
00:25:39.83\00:25:41.74
even when we're going through
00:25:41.74\00:25:43.00
those dark times.
00:25:43.00\00:25:44.21
So maybe there's someone going
00:25:44.21\00:25:45.31
through that right now,
00:25:45.31\00:25:46.68
and to reach out and hold on to
00:25:46.68\00:25:48.78
His hand and just like Jesus,
00:25:48.78\00:25:50.51
say, you know, "Father,
00:25:50.51\00:25:52.71
take this cup away from me.
00:25:52.71\00:25:54.02
But not my will,
00:25:54.02\00:25:56.65
but Thy will be done."
00:25:56.65\00:25:58.32
And trusting
00:25:58.32\00:25:59.32
that God's will
00:25:59.32\00:26:00.46
will prevail.
00:26:00.46\00:26:02.09
Would one of you like to pray?
00:26:02.09\00:26:03.56
[RON] Our Father in heaven,
00:26:04.93\00:26:05.89
thank You so much for the
00:26:05.89\00:26:06.96
blessing of life.
00:26:06.96\00:26:09.06
You know, I really
00:26:09.06\00:26:10.07
appreciate life.
00:26:10.07\00:26:11.37
Every day I wake up
00:26:11.37\00:26:13.60
and I know it's a gift from You.
00:26:13.60\00:26:16.17
I know there's many other people
00:26:16.17\00:26:18.71
out there that also
00:26:18.71\00:26:20.24
believe that and are also
00:26:20.24\00:26:22.18
having trials similar to ours.
00:26:22.18\00:26:24.98
We pray, Lord, that You will
00:26:25.61\00:26:27.28
help each one of our listeners
00:26:27.28\00:26:29.62
as well as ourselves, that we
00:26:29.62\00:26:31.59
might have a closer relationship
00:26:31.59\00:26:33.25
with You, that we can work
00:26:33.25\00:26:34.92
through those tough times.
00:26:34.92\00:26:36.29
>> Yes.
00:26:36.93\00:26:37.73
Lord, we are so grateful
00:26:38.56\00:26:40.03
for all You have given us.
00:26:40.03\00:26:42.20
Thank you so much for Your love,
00:26:42.20\00:26:43.63
Your mercy, Your grace.
00:26:43.63\00:26:45.03
May we take each experience
00:26:45.03\00:26:47.10
that we go through in this world
00:26:47.10\00:26:48.47
and just build on it
00:26:48.47\00:26:49.60
and look forward to Your soon
00:26:49.60\00:26:50.91
return where there will be
00:26:50.91\00:26:52.04
no more hurt, no more pain,
00:26:52.04\00:26:53.94
no more death, no more sorrow.
00:26:53.94\00:26:56.11
Thank You for loving us
00:26:56.11\00:26:57.65
eternally.
00:26:57.65\00:26:58.51
We pray in your name, amen.
00:26:58.51\00:26:59.35
We pray in your name, amen.
00:26:59.35\00:27:00.18
[ALL] Amen.
00:27:00.18\00:27:01.22
>> Darlene and Ron, thank you
00:27:02.25\00:27:04.29
so much for joining us today
00:27:04.29\00:27:06.35
on It Is Written Canada.
00:27:06.35\00:27:07.69
[RON] Thank you.
00:27:07.69\00:27:08.62
[DARLENE] Thank you.
00:27:08.62\00:27:09.59
>> Our free offer today is
00:27:10.69\00:27:12.76
God Still Lives...Even When
00:27:12.76\00:27:15.60
You Wonder.
00:27:15.60\00:27:16.77
[MIKE] These true stories and
00:27:16.77\00:27:18.83
testimonies will encourage you
00:27:18.83\00:27:20.87
to trust God, even when things
00:27:20.87\00:27:23.47
don't work out the way
00:27:23.47\00:27:24.94
you expected.
00:27:24.94\00:27:26.07
>> We trusted our free offer,
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God Still Lives...Even When
00:27:30.05\00:27:31.85
You Wonder, will inspire you
00:27:31.85\00:27:33.95
to live by faith and not
00:27:33.95\00:27:36.65
by sight alone.
00:27:36.65\00:27:38.29
>> Before you go, we would like
00:27:39.92\00:27:41.69
to thank all of you who have
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supported the ministry of
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It Is Written Canada
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with your prayers and
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financial contributions.
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Without your support,
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this television ministry
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could not have reached
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so many people
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for so many decades.
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>> Yes, thank you.
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And if you go to our website,
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you can see our latest programs.
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[MIKE] You, too, can experience
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[MIKE] You, too, can experience
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the fullness of life that is
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found in the words of Jesus
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when He said...
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