Amber Giles: October 2010

Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Praying for Others

My Dad and I recently went to have my follow up EEG done at the hospital. While we were there we ran into one of the nurses who helped with the EEG's while I was in the hospital. She mentioned that there was a family that came in right after we left with a very similar situation to what we had gone through. I had heard about Clay and his wife from him and had lost the contact information. So I gave this nurse my contact information and told her to have Clay call me if there was anything that we could do. He met us over at the hospital later that day. After talking with him my Dad and I felt like we were suppose to meet. Our situations mirrored each other in many ways. After recently going through many of the same experiences our hearts went out to him, his wife, and their entire family. The team of doctors and nurses are fighting for Lisha and trying to find out the answers to have her come out of her coma with health and strength. We had the opportunity to go in Lisha's room and briefly meet her before she was taken to have an MRI done. The spirit in her room was overwhelmingly peaceful. The room was filled with pictures and great love from her family and friends. It was hard not to break into tears as I saw myself laying there only a few brief weeks earlier. She looked very beautiful.

Because I am so grateful to all of you for your prayers and faith, I wanted to extend an invitation to all who would be willing to add the Cline and Bauer families to your prayers.

As we serve others our own lives are enriched with great blessings.

Message from Clay Bauers

"To all of the friends and family of Amber and JP; You all went through this just recently with Amber and now my sweetheart is going through much of what Amber did. We are newlyweds having only been married close to 30 years this April. My wife Lisha has been hospitalized now for 28 days. They have no idea what has caused her to be so ill and have seizures. We do continue to have hope and faith in God above. We are so grateful to have met Amber and her father. If you would do for us what you did for the Giles and that is pray for us and have hope and faith with us we would be eternally grateful to all of you. We would be more than honored to send you prayers your way in return that all of you will continue to be watched over and protected daily in your lives. We are continuing to stay strong and positive. Thank you, love the Bauer and Cline families."

Thursday, October 21, 2010

Being Home…

“Faith is when your soul fills with courage as the storm clouds roll in.”

“We gain strength, and courage, and confidence by each experience in which we really stop to look fear in the face…we must do that which we think we cannot.” Eleanor Roosevelt

I love being home, but man is it rough getting this body to do what I want it to. I’ve always been the person that had to be reminded to stop and smell the roses because I am always going 24/7. Now I sort of don’t have a choice. I get to slow down and I’m loving it. I don’t physically have the strength yet to do what I am use to doing, and my body doesn’t let me forget it. It has been a humbling experience. Now I choose one project a day to tackle and then play with my kids the rest of the day. Our children have been so amazing through all of this. Corbin is so patient with me and understands why I can’t pick him up. He actually is good for me and will tell me to sit down and rest. It’s hilarious, he takes care of me constantly. Kayla, bless her heart, doesn’t quite get it. She gets upset if I can’t pick her up, and although it breaks my heart when I can’t pick her up, I am grateful Nannie is close by to help and spoil her rotten. She is the cutest little fart. Corbin is all boy, and Kayla is equally all girl. She runs around telling everyone about her pretty hair or her pretty dress. I love them both more than words could ever express.

I am so grateful for my husband. He is so patient with me and the children. He goes to work all day and then comes home and without saying a word just picks up and begins helping. Even though I can do a lot by myself now… he still watches me like a hawk. He has shown such love and dedication throughout all of this.

Other than all of my fun follow up appointments with all the different doctors, physical therapy is probably the hardest because they have me on so much medicine that I’m doing everything like a drunken sailor. I have my good days and bad. But overall am trying my best to keep pressing forward and staying strong.

JP told me that this scripture brought him a lot of strength and courage during the hardest parts of my coma. And now it brings us both strength as we go through the recovering process together.

Proverbs 3:5-6

5 Trust in the Lord with all thine heart: and lean not unto thine own understanding.

6 In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths.

Our own understanding can be so limited, that we have to be able to Trust with all of our hearts to fully see the outcome and blessings the Lord has in store for us. Knowing that the path he takes us will help us reach our greatest potential.

I was having sort of a rough day yesterday… but this card I found for my mother in law really lifted my spirit. She has recently had surgery to have cancer removed from her throat. The surgery was very successful and our family was blessed with yet another miracle. She is now cancer free! I found the cutest card to send to her. It had a little boy on the front with a rash and thermometer in his mouth. Then a little dog was next to him having sympathy pains and a little rash on his belly. I think since we both were in the hospital recently we sort of can have sympathy for one another. It wasn’t until I got home later that night and went to write in the card that I realized what was written inside. It was written in a very small font size at the bottom.

2 Kings 20:5 “….I have heard thy prayers, I have seen thy tears, behold, I will heal thee…” I was touched by this scripture and felt that it was speaking to Michelle and me directly. I could feel the compassion and personal love that God has for each of us. Again it is so humbling to think that he knows us so personally.

I am having a follow up EEG done tomorrow morning, and therefore have to pull an all-nighter. So I thought I would take this time in the middle of the night to share a few of my thoughts.

Love you all!

Amber

Sunday, October 3, 2010

Thank you from Amber

Where to begin? Thank you seems to be the most appropriate of words to share with all who have been on this journey with me. Since I have woken from my coma my mind has not stopped. Life is nothing but a journey that we learn and become closer to our Father in Heaven. If I were to say that every waking moment has been easy it would be a lie. I have had to reach for strength beyond my own to continue forward and to find the strength within. But it has been a miracle nonetheless. Some of the greatest doctors in Utah confess that they did all they could to get my body to wake. I believe with many others that God’s hand took part in my awakening due to the prayers, blessings and fasting that took place in my behalf. I thank those that took time out of there daily lives to offer those prayers to heaven. I remember nothing while I was on life support and while people were fighting for my life because I was having very special experiences on the other side. I had the choice to come back and am so grateful that I chose to be a mama and come back to my husband, family members, and friends. I feel that I still have so much more to give. The road has not and will not be easy, but I am grateful for the chance to be here and give it my all. Having lost someone so close to me, and being on the brink of death myself I feel that I have been brought closer to our Father in Heaven and Savior, Jesus Christ. Our faith combined with the power of prayer is a power we can all use to strengthen ourselves throughout this journey. The modern miracles of medicine, divine intervention, and a loving and kind Heavenly Father saw it fit to allow me more time on this earth. For this I am beyond grateful and will do all that he asks of me. Thank you again to all my family and friends that fought so desperately for my life, knowing that miracles have not seized in our time.