God is So Good

Here is what we know right now. First, Elizabeth is still falling. So far she has fallen and received a concussion to her spine and to her head. The spine left her numb in the chest and neck area. The head concussion left her eye sight distorted for a week. A pattern is forming that is disturbing... she is not putting her arms out to catch herself. When anyone falls, there is an automatic reaction to put out your arms to protect yourself. Elizabeth keeps falling and she is getting injured so severely because she is not putting her arms out.

This was confirmed, at of all places church! We went to service on Ash Wednesday and I promised CJ that if he was asked to acolyte, I would serve with him. We brought Elizabeth in her wheelchair. I glanced up and saw that she came up the stairs for communion. I saw that Chuck was right behind her. I did not think anything of it until Fr. Daggett told me to leave the alter and go to the sacristy. From there a friend of mine directed me to Elizabeth on the floor.

I cannot relate the picture I saw. She was lying with her hair encircling her head like a hallow. She looked beautiful, but she was hurt badly. Her left leg was twisted horribly and her neck did not look right.

I found out that Chuck did follow her up and back from the communion rail but she went into the front pew from the other side. She was only a couple of steps ahead of him and she just collapsed. She said that her hip and her shoulder were out.

I thought that since her shoulder was dislocated that she put her hands out, but that was not the case. The people in the pews said that her hands did not break her fall, she just fell backward. She dislocated her shoulder from the impact from the fall.

I say that God is good in this situation because He is. Elizabeth stayed very calm through the whole ordeal. We tried to put her shoulder back in, but she made us wait until the service was over. She thought the church would empty, but people just stayed and offered to help and prayed.

The only time Elizabeth cried is when we tried to put her shoulder back in. The rest of the time, she was so calm. When I was close to her, I could smell God's presence. I am not quite sure how to explain it other than it was beautiful. God wanted us to know that He was there and He was in control.

The Hamilton fire department was wonderful and saw the obvious dislocations and loaded her up into the ambulance carefully. But, as with most of our adventures, by the time she made it to the x-ray table, she was already back into alignment.

Why go? Well, we could not risk moving her wrong which could have torn her hip tendon more, or injured her shoulder as well. The biggest problem would have been her neck. She hurt it again with the fall.

We left the ER with her parts snapped back in place, but we know that it was not an accident. For some reason, God had a plan. I am claiming this publicly so that I can look back on this some day and hopefully understand it more, but I might have to wait until I am with Him. Either way, "Those that put their trust in God will not be shamed."