Last summer I posted a prayer request for my older son's close friend Ben, who had gone into sudden, unexplained cardiac arrest at the age of 21.
http://hsbaseballweb.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/6616002781/m/7551018271/
This week Ben was mentioned in an article in USA Today because his survival was attributed in part to the doctors who treated him being familiar with a new program, Take Heart America, designed to combine simple steps that improve cardiac-arrest survival.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2007-02-19-cpr-cover_x.htm?csp=34
(Ben's story is summarized about half-way down the page.)
Five percent of people who are victims of this kind of cardiac arrest survive. Ninety-five percent do not.
Today Ben is alive and healthy, and back at his junior year of college. Our family was discussing it today, and we believe that a large part of the reason for Ben's survival was the power of prayer. Thank you all for your prayers last summer.
Julie
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