An Angel By My Side

Hello Again From The French Hen's Nest,

  The other day I blogged about an angel that I had bought from a thrift store, and while I was writing about her, I began to think about my encounter with an angel. I think all of us meet an angel on occasion, someone that helps us in someway, when we really need it, and  it is quite unexpected.  Well, that is exactly what my angel did for me, only with so much love and compassion.

  About seventeen years ago, I was in a car accident, an eighteen wheeler rear ended my little foreign made car. I didn't realize it at the time, but my neck had a few fractures. I didn't want surgery, but the pain was so excruciating that there was no choice. My cervical spine, or neck, needed to have three fusions. It was a long surgery, and once they finished, they realized there was a problem and had to go back in. The anesthesia that they had given to me had made me really ill. My eyes were closed, and I could not open them no matter how hard I tried. My throat was so swollen that I could hardly swallow a little water, which would come right back up and soak my gown over and over. I was soaking wet, shivering cold, and couldn't page a nurse when I needed one, because I could not open my eyes.

  Finally around midnight, a nurse came to see me, she changed my gown, got some warm blankets for me, you know how cold hospitals are, and told me, I'm going to stay with you through the night. I'll be right here to help you. And then she pulled up a chair, and sat close to me. It felt great to know someone was there to help me, I could feel her presence, and I was so thankful. She was wonderful, every time I was sick, and they were numerous, she would wash my face, and put a clean gown on me, and make sure I was comfortable. I was wearing a hard neck brace that goes down your back, and down your chest, so it was challenging to say the least.

  Hours later, I still couldn't open my eyes, but I tried and tried because I wanted to know who this dedicated and saintly nurse was. Finally, just for a split second I was able to see her face. She had a round face, short curly hair, and wore glasses. She would be easy to find when I was feeling better. I finally fell asleep, and when I awoke in the morning she was gone. I would never forget the gentleness, and kindness she showed me, and I couldn't wait to thank her.

  A few days later, when I was able to whisper, I walked to the nurses station to find her. I asked the nurses if they knew who she was. They said there wasn't a nurse that fit that description on any of the shifts, and that there was no way possible for a nurse to sit with me through the night.  Are you sure, I asked.  We're sure, we are way too busy for that.  Not that I didn't believe them, but when the shift changed, I did it again, and got the same response from them.

  So who was that in my room?  She didn't have wings, and she wasn't dressed in white.  In fact, she looked very ordinary, but she had the love and compassion that only an angel could share.  Today I know beyond a shadow of a doubt that she was my guardian angel, and still is. God is so good.
 

  I'm sure many of you have angel stories to tell, and we would love to hear them.

 
 Till next time, May your angel be at your side,

Jeannie

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