Laurie Ishii

Last night Daryl and I were laying in bed, listening to ‘Dominic’ on tape (bible study tape) when all of a sudden, out of nowhere РI felt something ’strike’ my left temple, and then everything started to SPIN! It was so unexpected and happened so suddenly that I screamed out loud as soon as ‘it’ (?) struck my temple. Daryl didn’t know what was going on, poor thing.

Me neither, and it was scary to me. I thought for sure I was going to throw up, but fought it. I couldn’t lay down, or stand up Рjust sat there Рstaring at the ceiling. It seemed as long as I stared at the light on the ceiling, I was okay.

I called my friend Diana and left a message on her machine to please call her church’s ‘prayer watch’ and have them pray for me. Then I called my dad, and he started asking questions, to see if I had any symptoms for having a stroke, or an aneurysm. He said that he didn’t think I was having an aneurysm, and told me a story about some lady he knew who had one and she came into his office and died later the same day in the bank. (Gee thanks, dad Рif I wasn’t scared enough already I was now)

Well, we came to the conclusion that it this probably happened because of my past injuries. Like a flash back. Only I’ve never had an episode this bad ever Рeven right after having brain surgery. The last time I had had a CT (cat scan) was a couple of years ago, and the technician said, “Wow, you sustained a MASSIVE head injury!” I was able to share my testimony with him. But I never did get any follow up with a Neurologist like I was supposed to. How can one afford to see a Neurologist when one has no insurance? Now I have insurance through Daryl’s work, but I received a letter from Blue Shield to see if I had any insurance before now, (I’m assuming that they’d like to see if someone else will cover me) and I’m still waiting to get an okay from the insurance to see a cardiologist. If Blue Shield had known what kind of past medical history I had, they probably NEVER would have taken me!

I was thinking last night about my fall Рand how good God is. Jumping off of an eight story building, and landing on my head Рwouldn’t it seem that I would also break my neck? I mean, my head was cracked, and my ribs were fractured Рbut my neck was fine. (I can still walk, I’m not a paraplegic, praise God!) I had on one of those neck braces for a few days while I was in the hospital, but my neck was okay. It seems that I should have injured my neck somehow when I hit the ground. God really had His hand over my life. I am so grateful.

So what now? I’m still a little dizzy, (like my equilibrium is off) just sitting here, but it’s bearable. It’s when I turn my head, or move suddenly that I start spinning again. I’m very concerned about Pastor School. We haven’t had rehearsals for the drama yet, but we’re supposed to start this week. I pretty much know my part, but I’m concerned about when the ‘runner’ grabs me by my hair and throws me on the ground… if I’m half as dizzy as I am right now and get shaken up РI’ll probably puke. Well, I’m just going to take it easy today, and hopefully the dizziness will be gone tomorrow.

Please, Lord. Daryl is so sweet, I really scared him last night. He kept praying for me, and when I was finally able to lie down and close my eyes, he prayed that God would send His angels to watch over me. With my eyes closed, I envisioned a very large man, with brown shoulder length hair Рand very ‘buff’ arms, crossed over his chest. He was standing over my bed. I saw large wings behind him. I couldn’t make out his face, but I knew that he was there to watch over me. I went to sleep.