Blog Post Keith’s Brain Tumor Journey Part 3

Today I want to try and articulate one part of the story of how God's hand is over my husband and our family. So, as I shared earlier this week, on Monday Keith received a call from the neurologist's office that he needed to get himself to the hospital immediately. I was in a client session and was not able to answer Keith's call. He was calling me to see what hospital he should go to. Keith decided he would drive to a hospital close to our home in Mesa. So, he finished his lunch and started his journey from Scottsdale/Tempe border to the 101 freeway. He got a mile into his travel and felt the weird sensation that he experiences 30 to 60 seconds before the "episode" happens. He wanted to get off the road and get parked before the "episode" started. He turned into a strip mall and almost had the car in park. Then, the "episode" started and his foot hit the gas peddle and he entered the building through he glass window (see pic above). He had a kind man spring into action as this man recognized Keith was having a medical emergency. This man tended to Keith while calling paramedics. During these episodes, Keith is coherent and understands what is happening around him. Sometimes he is able to talk and sometimes he isn't. This time he wasn't able to talk and communicate to the kind man what he was expereincing. He jsut kept putting his finger up signalling the man to hold on a second. Within seconds the police arrived as well as the paramedics. Ironically, the Scottsdale Police Department was across the street. When paramedics arrived they could clearly see Keith was having a medical emergency and asked him to sit down on the ground. I think they were guided by the Lord to prepare Keith for what was going happen next. The police officers were looking for any identifying and helpful information in Keith's vehicle. Ironically, or should I say by God's providence, Keith had a folder that contained information regarding his recent medical appointments. This information alerted the police officers that Keith was experiencing something that was under the attention of a cardiologist and a neurologist. The paramedics continued to encourage Keith to lay down on the sidewalk. Moments after Keith laid down on the sidewalk he experienced a grand mal seizure. If you know anything about grand mal seizures you know how intense, scary, and hard they are on the body. Because of the medical emergency that caused Keith to run through a building, the grand mal seizure that he experienced while already being laid on a sidewalk, the Scottsdale police department across the street, and the medical folder that the police officers found in Keith's car, Keith was rushed by ambulance to Honors Health Scottsdale Osborn hospital. Honors Health Scottsdale Osborn hospital is a level 1 trauma hospital for stroke and brain conditions. So in conclusion, Keith was headed to a hospital in Mesa and the Lord had plans for him to be cared for at a trauma hospital for stroke and brain conditions. Immediately upon gathering the details of this information, I knew that the Lord had Keith in his hands. I knew then that God was going to guide us and help us and comfort us through the scariest time of our life. I will share more later about the God details. Today can you please pray for peace as we wait the pathology report that we will probably go over on Monday with the surgeon. Can you pray for our children. Our kids are strong and faithful but this is impacting them. Please pray for safe travels as Caylee returns home and for each of them to be filled with peace and trust in God's plan for our life.