IN THE YEAR OF 2007 I WAS OPERATED ON TO HAVE A DOUBLE BY-PASS, AFTER THE SURGERY I RETURNED HOME FOR RE-ABILITATION.

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, I WAS DOING AS EXPECTED, THEN WHEN I WALKED UP A FLIGHT OF STAIRS AT MY RESIDENCE, REACHING THE TOP OF THE STAIRS, I COULD NOT PROCEED ANY FARTHER.

I CALLED FOR MY SON TO HELP ME BACK DOWN AS I COULD'T AND DID NOT HAVE THE ENERGY TO DECEND TO THE LOWER LEVEL.

MY SON CAME AND HELPED ME TO MY BED, WHERE I LAID UNTIL LATER THAT NIGHT, AND THEN 911 WAS CALLED TO OUR RESIDENCE.

THE PARAMEDIC'S TOOK ME TO UNIVERSITY MEDICAL HOSPITAL IN LEBANON TENNESSEE, THERE I WAS TAKEN TO THE EMERGENCY AND CHECKED TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG.

WE HAVE HEARD OF HE NIGHTMARE'S OF THE EMERGENCY ROOM WHE UNQUALIFIED PERSONELL ARE ON DUTY TO TREAT PATIENTS, AND THIS, IN MY OPINION WAS THE WORST CASE SENERIO.

ALTHOUGH MY VITAL SIGNS WAS OK, YET I WAS DYING FROM A DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS, A BLOOD CLOT HAD CAME UP OUT OF MY RIGHT LEG FROM THE SURGERY TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO THAT TIME.

AFTER LETTING ME LAY IN A COLD UNCOMFORTABLE POSITION, HAVING TO ASK FOR A BLANKET WHILE THOSE THAT WERE ON DUTY WERE LAUGHING AND TALKING AS THEY WOULD DO THEIR THING, SHOWED WHAT HAS BEEN SAID ABOUT HOSPITALS AND HOW THEY HIRE THOSE TO FILL THE WEE HOUR OF THE MORNING POSITIONS WHILE THE ONES THAT IS QUALIFIED ARE AT HOME ASLEEP OR WHATEVER THEY ARE DOING.

I LAY THERE UNTIL FINALLY THE HEART DOCTOR WHICH I WILL NOT MENTION THE NAME, CAM IN AND ADMITTED ME TO THE HOSPITAL, AND ORDERED TEST TO BE RUN ON ME TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH ME, THAT I COULD NOT BREATH VERY GOOD.

AFTER BEING ADMITTED THEY RAN A SONOGRAM ON ME, AND TOOK ME BACK TO MY ROOM, WHERE ALL THE DAY THERE WERE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS REMOVING AND REPLACING THE ROOF.

THESE WORKERS WOULD THROW DOWN HEAVY OBJECTS RIGHT OVER MY BEAD, AND WHEN IT WOULD HIT THE ROOF, IT WOULD CAUSE CEILING TILE TO FALL ON MY BED.

THE NOISE WOULD DRIVE A WOODEN MAN CRAZY LITTLE ON A PATIENT THAT WAS DYING FROM A 16 INCH PLUS BLOOD CLOT.

MY WIFE HAD BEEN UP ALL NIGHT THE NIGHT BEFORE, AND I ASKED HER TO GO AND GET A NIGHTS SLEEP AT OUR SON'S HOME NEARBY, WHICH SHE DID THAT NIGHT...

OTHER TEST WERE ORDERED THE NEXT FOLLOWING DAY TO TRY TO DETERMINE WHAT THE TROUBLE WAS THAT WAS CAUSING ME NOT TO BE ABLE TO BREATH, ALTHOUGH MY VITAL SIGNS BEING CHECKED REGUARLY WERE SHOWING OK.

STILL THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO CONCLUDE THAT THIS BLOOD CLOT WAS THERE, AND IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN A CLEAR SIGNAL AS THEY KNEW I HAD HAD BY-PASS SURGERY TWO WEEKS PRIOR.

THE NEXT NIGHT GOING INTO THE NIGHT, MY WIFE DECIDED TO BE AT MY BEDSIDE AND NOT LEAVE ME, THE WHICH IF SHE HAD LEFT ME IN THEIR HANDS THAT NIGHT, I WOULD NOT HAVE BEEN SITTING HERE WRITING THIS THAT I WRITE.

DURING THAT NIGHT, MY WIFE NOTICED THAT I WAS TURNING BLUE...SHE PUT AN EMERGENCY CALL FOR THEM TO COME TO MY ROOM.

A NURSE ON DUTY IN ANOTHER PART OF THE HOSPITAL CAME QUICKLY AND THEN ANOTHER NURSE WAS CALLED FROM OFF DUTY AND AS I WAS BEING STABILIZED, THE WHICH I WAS SLIPPING AWAY IN DEATH, AND COULD FEEL MYSELF LEAVING THIS BODY OF MINE.

I HAVE TO ADMIT THAT IF IT WASN'T FOR MY WIFE, AND IF IT WASN'T FOR THESE TWO SKILLED NURSES AND ALONG WITH GOD'S HELP I WOULD HAVE DIED AND WAS DYING AS I HAD TURNED BLUE AND LEAVING MY BODY.

AFTER WORKING TO STABLIZE ME, MY WIFE DEMANDED THAT THE REMOVE ME FROM THAT PLACE AND TAKE ME TO VANDERBILT HOSPITAL IN NASHVILL TENNESSEE.

AIRLIFT WAS CONSIDERED BUT THOUGHT TO BE TOO RISKY, AS THEY FINALLY REALIZED THAT I HAD A BLOOD CLOT, WHEN THE HEART DOCTOR THAT I HAD CAME IN AFTER SHE WAS SUMMONED BECAUSE OF THE CONDITION THAT I WAS IN.

I WAS MOVED BY AMBULANCE AT SPEEDS OF EXCESS OF 100 MILES PER TRAVELING TO GET ME TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM AT VANDERBILT.

UPON ARRIVING AT VANDERBILT THE QUICKLY WHEELED ME TO MY ROOM THAT HAD BEEN ARANGED PRIOR, AND THEN THE TOOK ME AS QUICK AS THEY GOT ME TO THE ROOM, TO THE CT MACHINE AND DID A CT, THEN BACK TO MY ROOM.

AS SOON AS THE GOT THE CT REPORT, AN EMERGENCY CALL WENT OUT THROUGH THE HOSPITAL, FOR THIS WAS A LIFE AND DEATH SITUATION AND FIVE DOCTORS WERE THERE WITHING FIVE MINUTES.

THESE DOCTORS GRABBED ME AND TOOK OFF AS FAST AS THEY COULD AND CAME TO THE ELEVATOR AND SOME PEOPLE WAS GETTING ON THE ELEVATOR, WHEN THEY SHOUTED...GET OFF THAT ELEVATOR...WE HAVE AN EMERGENCY HERE.

THE PEOPLE QUICKLY GOT OFF THE ELEVATOR AND I WAS WHEELED IN AND PUTTING A KEY TO MAKE THIS ELEVATOR EXPRESS TO THE OPERATING ROOM WAS PLACED IN THE ELEVATOR.

COMING OFF OF HE ELEVATOR, THEY WOUD YELL FOR EVERYONE IN THE HALLWAYS TO GET OUT OF THE WAY...THAT THEY HAD AN EMERGENCY AND WAS RUNNING AS HARD AND FAST AS THEY COULD TAKING ME TO THE OPERATING ROOM.

UPON ARRIVING AT THE OPERATING ( MIND YOU WIHLE ALL THIS WAS GOING ON, I WAS ALERT AND COULD SEE AND HEAR THIS ALL) THEY WHEELED ME INTO THE OPERATING ROOM, THEN TO PLACE ME ON THE OPERATING TABLE.

I SAW THIS ROOM FILLED WITH PEOPLE, WHO THEY ALL WERE I DON'T KNOW, BUT I DO BELIEVE SOME TO BE ANGELS THAT HAD COME TO BE WITH ME.

NO SOONER THAN THE GOT ME ON THE TABLE, I HEARD THE SURGENON SAY..."HAND ME THE SCAPEL" AND HE PUSHED IT INTO MY CHEST AND WHEN HE DID, THE PAIN WAS UNBEARABLE THAT I CRIED OUT LOUD..." GOD WHY HATH THOU FORSAKEN ME AND TO PLEASE LET ME DIE...AND THEN I BEGGED THOSE THERE TO PUT ME TO SLEEP.

FINALLY THEY PUT ME TO SLEEP, AND THEN WAS WHEN GOD SENT AN ANGEL TO ME, HE STOOD IN FRONT OF ME, LOOKED ME IN THE EYE FOR A SHORT TIME, THEN HE WALKED AWAY WITHOUT SAYING ANYTHING TO ME...(I THOUGHT THIS WAS STRANGE)

THIS ANGEL HAD SHORT BLOND CURLY HAIR, HAD A WHITE ROBE ON...I AM SURE HE CAME TO GET ME AND TAKE ME TO HEAVEN BUT IT WAS NOT TO BE AT THAT TIME.

WHILE THEY WERE OPENING ME UP FOR THE SECOND TIME AND WORKING TO REMOVE THE SIXTEEN INCH BLOOD CLOT, I WAS ALLOWED TO SEE THREE OTHER VISIONS.

THE FIRST ONE WAS A DONKEY, OR @!$%# THAT STOOD IN FRONT OF ME WITH HIS RIGHT SIDE TOWARD ME, AND IN HIS RIGHT SIDE AND ALL OVER IT WAS MANY BEAUTIFUL STONES, JEWELS AND RUBIES AND ALL KINDS OF PRECIOUS STONES THAT ARRAYED SUCH A BEAUTY THAT IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO DESCRIBE THEM IN BEAUTY.

EACH OF THE STONES WOULD CONTINUALLY MOVE ABOUT AND WHEN ONE WOULD MOVE, ANOTHER WOULD TAKE IT'S PLACE.

THEN I WAS SHOWN A TRAY-LIKE FULL OF LARGE DIAMONDS...THEY WERE ABOUT THE SIZE OF A VOLLEY BALL...THEY HAD PROJECTILES PROTRUDING OUT ALL OVER THEM...AND ON THESE PROJECTILES WAS OTHER DIAMONDS THE SIZE OF A TENNIS BALL.

AS I WATCHED THIS...ONE OF THE DIAMOND WOULD RUN OUT FROM THE OTHERS AND THEN BACK INTO THE OTHERS, AND THEN ANOTHER WOUD DO THE SAME, THIS GOING ON CONTINUALLY AS LONG AS I WATCHED.

FROM THERE I WAS SHOWN A NEVER ENDING FLAME OF FIRE, THE COLOR'S IN THESE FLAMES HAD SUCH BEAUTY THAT, AGAIN IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR ME TO GIVE, AND DO IT JUSTICE, IT WAS BEYOND ANYTHING I HAVE EVER SEEN.

THESE FLAMES WENT FOR ETERNITY GOING AS FAR AS I COULD SEE, AND THEY INFOLDED BACKWARD AND I WAS NOT AFRAID FOR SUCH BEAUTY WAS PLEASENT TO BEHOLD.

AFTER THE OPERATION, I WAS TAKEN BACK TO MY ROOM AND PLACED ON LIFE SUPPORT, AND THE CARE THAT I RECEIVED BY THOSE AT VANDERBILT WAS THAT OF WHAT A PRESIDENT WOULD HAVE RECEIVED.

I HIGLY COMMEND ALL, FIRST THE SURGENON THAT DID A FINE SUPURB JOB IN REMOVING WHAT WAS SURE DEATH TO ME, AS IT WAS WHAT THAT KILLED DAVID BLOOM IN IRAQ AND MANY OTHERS HAVE DIED AND DO DIE EACH YEAR FROM DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS.

MY WIFE WAS TOLD WHEN THE CT REPORT CAME IN..."HE IS A DEAD MAN WITH THIS, AND WE DON'T HAVE MUCH HOPE FOR HIM" AFTER WE ARRIVED AT VANDERBILT AND WHILE THE EMERGENCY CALL WAS MADE THROUGHOUT THE HOSPITAL.

WHEN SHE WAS TOLD THIS, A NURSE TOOK OFF AND RAN DOWN THE HALL AND SAID..." I'M GOING TO PRAY FOR HIM"

COMING FORM THE OTHER HOSPITAL WHERE I SAID AND SO DID MY WIFE.." I WOULDN'T TAKE A DOG TO THAT HOSPITAL AGAIN" I FOUND THAT AWARNESS HAS NOT BE MADE AND MANY PEOPLE HAVE DIED FROM DEEP VEIN THROMBOSIS AS THE RESULTS OF CERTAIN FACTORS, THAT MOST HOSPITALS AND DOCTORS WERE ASLEEP CONCERINING THIS MATTER.

EACH MORNING THE HEAD PHYSICIAN OVER THE CARDIAC WARD THERE AT VANDERBILT WOULD BRING OTHER DOCTORS ALONG WITH OTHERS, AND WOULD INTRODUCE ME EACH MORNING AS..." THIS IS LAZARUS, WE RAISED HIM FROM THE DEAD"

HE AND THE SURGENON REALIZED THAT GOD HAD BROUGHT ME BACK FROM THE DEAD, AND THE SURGENON TOOK A PICTURE OF HE SIXTEEN PLUS INCH BLOOD CLOT LAYING ON A NAPTKIN AND MADE ENLARGEMENTS AND AUTOGRAFTED IT FOR ME.

THE SURGEON SAID THAT THIS, THE BLOOD CLOT, " WAS NOTHING BUT A DEVIL"

THE HEAD PHYSICIAN TOLD ME THAT GOD BROUGHT ME BACK TO LIFE, BECAUSE HE HAD SOMETHING FOR ME TO DO, AND WANTED ME TO SHARE THIS WITH ANYONE AND EVERYONE THAT I COME IN CONTACT WITH.

HE ALSO WANTED ME TO GO TO CHURCHES AND ANYWHERE I COULD AND SHARE THIS REAL EXPERIENCE WITH OTHERS, AND STATED THAT..."YOU SURE HAVE A TESTIMONIAL TO TELL"

THEY CALL ME LAZARUS, BECAUSE I DIED AND I WAS TAKEN TO A WINDOW OF FAITH, THIS IS WHAT AND HOW I DESCRIBED THIS WINDOW, IT WAS A WINDOW WITH PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE, THE WHICH I COULD NOT SEE CLEARLY THROUGH, BUT COULD HEAR THEM LAUGHING AND JOYING ABOUT WHERE THEY WERE.

THE PEACE THAT I FELT WHILE I WAS SEEING THESE VISIONS AND THE LOVE THAT I WAS PLACED IN LETS ME KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT WHEN YOU ARE A CHILD OF GOD, SAVED BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST, THAT AS JESUS SAID, "O DEATH WHERE IS THY STING...O GRAVE WHERE IS THY VICTORY" BECAME SO REAL TO ME AND WHAT I CAME AWAY FROM THIS TRIBULATION WAS THAT " IT WAS NOT ANYTHING I DID OR HAVE EVER DONE, BUT IT WAS WHAT JESUS CHRIST DID ON THAT CROSS NEARLY TWO THOUSAND YEAR AGO THAT WAS THE SUM OF THE WHOLE MATTER.

I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO DEPART FROM MY BODY, AND WHERE I WENT I WAS ABLE TO SEE THIS AND TO HEAR WHAT I BELIEVE WAS THOSE THAT HAVE GONE TO BE WITH GOD IN HEAVEN, BUT I WAS NOT TAKEN INTO HEAVEN ALL THE WAY, JUST GOD A GLIMPS OF WHAT IT WILL BE LIKE FOR THOSE THAT ARE BORN AGAIN BY THE BLOOD OF JESUS CHRIST.

I GIVE HONOR TO THE SURGEONS AND THOSE SKILLED PERSONELL SUCH AS THE NURSES AND ALL THAT STOOD BY MY SIDE WHILE THIS TOOK PLACE, BUT THE GLORY GOES TO GOD FOR ALL THAT HE IS AND HAS DONE FOR ME.

MY REVOVERY HAS BEEN SUCH THAT WHEN YOU ARE HOME IN THIS BODY, MANY THOUGHTS AND TROUBLES WILL STILL COME YOUR WAY, BUT TO COME AWAY FROM THIS WITH WHAT I WAS ABLE TO BEAR AND TO KNOW THAT IT WAS WHAT GOD DID FOR ME AND THOSE THAT I HONOR HIGHLY...BUT THE GLORY GOES TO GOD ALMIGHTY FOR WHO AND WHAT HE IS TO EACH AND EVERYONE OF US.