American's & God

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Dear ,

American's invoke God because this country was formed by faithful

refugees who fled their homes, work, and friends to a deadly

wilderness for the purpose of worshipping the God of their faith, and

not the God of the King.

The American revolution was fought and won, and our constitution

was/is written based on total obedience to Jesus Christ our

God. Throughout the history of our country, up until 1962 our

country's laws were based and interpreted solely from Christian faith

as it is invoked in the constitution and our government.

In short, 87% of American's are Christians who believe in the

hereafter, and trust in God directly.

We live with Him every day of our lives. (now you can easily attack

American's for their clear societal hypocrisy in their public conduct

ad nauseam).

Now, regarding this bulletin board, you have to remember, that many

of us parents have had substantial life and death experiences which

make us more aware of the frailty of life, and that each of us have

for just a moment upon this earth. Hence, our cognizance of " God " as

being supreme in our lives.

Many parents have stories just as compelling, or more so, than mine.

In my case, my daughter died for 35 minutes and was

resuscitated. Then, I removed her from life support to end her life

(90 feet from 2 HBOT chambers which according to Hutchison's Lancet

article, would have given her a 97% probability of surviving and

going home listed as well if she had a 30 minute treatment at 3

ATA). And, she did stop breathing and the nurse did tell us she

passed. She started breathing again, and at 10:00 that night we put

her to bed and kissed her good night and she literally woke up and

started moving her arms and legs and crying!

We thanked God for those miracles!

Today, is 12 years old, and while completely disabled she

attends regular school, gets straight " A's " and often in the middle

of her essays, she writes of her memories in heaven, with

Jesus. What she writes about is of things we have never spoken of on

sometimes never thought of. tells us that she was with Jesus

in heaven and she was told to come back and help others. This is not

just a off the cuff one time quote..... she does things like this

every day many times. It is one of her defining fundamental

character idiosyncrasies.

So, while I assume this is a secular message board, I think this is

the wrong place to rail against faith and those of faith. Many

parents here have insights that have blessed very few people on earth

in the history of the world. And, they live challenged with those

blessings in a highly adversarial environment and adversity that

entrenches our faith even more.

This was probably more than you wanted to hear, but the issue is

better dealt with up front in its totality and gotten over with

rather than invoking another internal battle.

Take care,

Ed

I hope this clears up your question.

At 07:42 AM 7/17/2007, you wrote:

>Why oh why do Americans never stop bringing this God thing into

>everything? They can't have a cup of coffee without some comment

>about this God thing. It is just meaningless. Ok if your into this

>God stuff keep it to yourself.

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>The complaints can be filed anonomously - however, this one was not.

>The complaint does not request to be kept anonomous. I've been

>personally slammed by with his blatant lies concerning his

>lack of involvement, while I sit here and read his e-mail complaint!

>As far as the public record, you would have to read through the

>minutes from the actual board hearings. My lawyer brought up the

>complaintants motives and name at one of them - so it should be on

>the public record - at least that much, if not the actual letter.

>I'm not sure if I legally can release it to the public or otherwise I

>would. Maybe either knew the person on the Board he

>complained to and assumed anonimity or he knew I couldn't release it

>to the public and that emboldened him to lie about making the

>complaint, as he felt there'd be no " proof " . However, as I stated,

>it was added to the public record in one of the hearings.

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>I would NEVER implicate someone in an issue unless I read with my own

>eyes that they were the person involved. I don't rejoice over the

>fact that did this. It saddens me, actually. I know everyone

>wants to believe he is just about the kids, but he is running a

>business. I don't doubt there's a part of him that is very much

>about the kids. I'm not saying he's all bad or all good. Some have

>indicated that he complained " if he did " because of his concerns

>regarding safety - obviously the Board didn't find anything " unsafe "

>regading what we're doing, including the use of oxygen with the mHBOT

>chambers. The oversight they are requiring for the oxygen is

>reasonable and something already in place for us, but I just have to

>formalize. I regulated myself from the moment I opened my doors by

>hiring all medical staff (not just CNA's as has blasted

>before) I have an EMT who is full time, a Medical Assistant and my

>CNA is in nursing school! I also have 2 RN's on my Board and a DAN!

>physician. I follow best practices for sanitation and we watch

>everyone pressurize/depressurize as well as make visual checks every

>15 minutes - so I find him complaining because of " safety " as not a

>valid issue. They're approved for home use with NO medical oversight

>or personnel trained in CPR/first aid or beyond, anyway. The Board

>didn't even find that the chambers without oxygen needed any

>oversight whatsoever.

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>The Victory to me is that it's made mHBOT accessible and therefore

>affordable, to families in our State and those that will follow this

>ruling. If we had lost, then only physicians in our State would have

>access to mHBOT w/oxygen (as Chiro's can't write for oxygen in our

>State) or you'd have to buy a chamber for home (which can be cost

>prohibitive). Prior to my entering this market the price was double

>what it is now. That means to me, that twice as many families can

>now afford to treat their children and families have a choice of

>where to treat.

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>I hope that helps to clarify some things. Again, I wouldn't say

>something that isn't true because I fear God.

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>Blessings,

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>Colleen

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