Thomas Milner
I was born with horseshoe kidneys and in my 20s began making tons of kidney stones of various kinds, a pyeloplasty was done but 8 days after the surgery, I was attacked by someone who struck the area in my abdomen about a dozen times. (Sepsis and Kidney Stones)
I experienced hematuria after that and went to local physician surgeons but no relief, and I continued to make stones, I had many cystoscopies but still made stones, I was put on levaquin every day for 2 years, and yes later I tore ligaments, not surprising.
I lived like that for 13 years and decided I needed to find a surgeon who was a good scientist and I found one in Salt Lake City.
The doctor gave me a couple months warning and decided to try and repair this damaged kidney, the day came and as I went to surgery I kissed my wife who thought I would be out in a few hours. On entering the OR, my surgeon told me that he had decided to remove that left portion of the horseshoe kidney, I asked if the procedure has been changed on my chart, he answered no, so I said give me the chart and I’ll change the procedure (I used to work in the O R.)
So I changed the procedure and initialed and signed it.
After being septic from years of hematuria and stones as well as being hospitalized multiple times being septic, you probably could venture a guess on what happened the minute they put me under and made the surgical incision, I began to hemorrhage uncomfortably and then it began to clot everywhere yes I had slipped into DIC which stands for disseminated intravascular coagulation, but was known among people in surgical as DIC (Death is coming).
I was bleeding out so fast that I the first 24 hours I received 59 units of blood, considering that a human body has on average 8 to 11 units, 59 was amazing, The surgeon met with a DIC specialist, she advised him, but I my chart referred to me as that poor man.
As you might know I learned about most of this after the fact, but was in horrific pain when I was supposed to be out, but finally I slipped into a coma for 8 days, when I awoke I had about an inch of beard growth and was told they shaved me once, I imagine all the blood I received spurred growth.
After the 59 units were given in the 24 hour period, they continued and when I awoke after 8 days I still had 2 units running 1 running into each femoral artery with pressure bags, and an IV in each arm of 1000 of ringers lactate, I was told they had put in so many they did list it in my chart and I obtained that chart and it doesn’t list them all, but I know they continued infusing until that last day.
Another interesting thing happened, because they continued infusion, I swelled up like the little girl on Willie Wonka. My usual weight at that time was around 210, and I was placed on a scale bed, all the while being in a coma, the scale bed weighed me at 375 lbs.
The first day they returned me to surgery, reopened me and did everything possible to stop the massive hemorrhage. After this last attempt, the surgeon found my wife, earlier they told her to gather my family, as “they don’t make it back from this.” That is what a physician member of the team working on me said, so my wife did call family to see me and I actually sat up and waved goodbye to my sister.
But, I’m fairly religious and had a blessing given me from a member of my church 1 day prior to this surgery and in that blessing I was told a miracle would take place that I could tell others about.
So after taking me back into surgery while I continued to hemorrhage and after the 2nd opening to ensure everything was done, my surgeon said the most amazing interesting thing, he told my wife, “We’ve done everything we could do, it’s in God’s hands now!”
And almost as if he had to admit that all scientific attempts had been made to no avail and if anything happened it would be in God’s hands.
Well, I have to tell you, that suddenly everything with DIC and the pervasive clotting throughout my body, began to turn around, your welcome to your opinions, but I do not doubt that I was healed by the master healer, who’s atoning sacrifice made it possible for me to be healed, I had awakened and I told the nurse in ICU, that I would be moved, she laughed and said nobody awakes from a coma and gets moved the first day, well I was.
I then told the next nurse I would be going home the next day, again I was met with laughter as I still had the blood running into my arteries and ringers in my arms. I did go home the next day, I had been on death’s door, a physician member of the medical team told my wife I would not make it, that same man walked in and thought he saw the wrong patient, because I was now back around 210 lbs.
The nurses said “We’re calling you the miracle boy” I was pretty amazed they called me a boy as I was 48 years old at that time, but they were about my age as well.
It has now been 20 years just as of 2 weeks ago, and I still am alive, I’m very tired these days and my health has been a struggle, but what I’ve told you is absolutely 100% true, and I’m still alive, I can tell you life has been challenging however I have lived 20 more years, ridden bikes, and done many things, I will turn 70 next year, but I would be an ungrateful man if I didn’t give ultimate thanks to God, but also to all those who frantically did so many things to keep me alive, I was humbled to receive so much A negative blood and could not believe they would give me, just 1 man, so much resource to keep me alive, and I’m thankful to all those who did give me their own blood and how many units in total I don’t know, but they were at 59 the first day and were still running arterial pressure bags when i awoke those 8 days later. it’s humbling to me that so much was done in my behalf.
All of this is God’s truth and happened in the 2nd week of September of 2003, and something those who may be losing someone who has suddenly become hemorrhaging and has DIC.
God, is no respecter of persons, so if your family member receives a blessing have faith in God that he can and will heal them, but also remember, sometimes people are assigned to death because God has other things for them, I can tell you that through the pain portion of this ordeal, I would gladly have welcomed death, because the pain kept bringing me out of the coma, and was horrific.
These 20 years I have accomplished much, but I’m really really tired these days, and I hope that tells you what it’s like to survive DIC!
I promise you in the name of Christ, Jesus that these things are true and did happen.
