(Clearwisdom.net) On April 25, 2005 my husband told me over the phone that he was sick and would come home around 3:00 p.m. I thought he must be in very serious condition, so I told him to go directly to the hospital, where I would meet him.
Two months ago, my husband and his colleagues ran a farm. He had heart disease prior to the start of the business and had a relapse at the farm because of the poor working conditions and heavy workload. He had difficulty walking. The EKG at the hospital showed poor results and his temperature was 102 degrees F. The doctor suggested hospitalization because he worried that my husband might die at home. We reluctantly agreed.
We checked in a little past 4:00 p.m. After the doctor conducted an exam, the nurse gave my husband an IV infusion. Halfway through the infusion his condition worsened and his chest pain was unbearable. He was having a stroke. The hospital staff rushed him to the Emergency Room. The heart monitor showed his heart rate was irregular and unstable and hovered around 30 beats per minute. His blood pressure dropped to 35/50, and his shirt and bed sheet were soaked with sweat. He was only half conscious.
I stood by his bed and whispered into his ear, "Don't be afraid. Recite silently 'Falun Dafa is good, Truth, Compassion, Forbearance is good'." For the next few hours his condition didn't improve and he slowly lapsed into a coma. I almost burst into tears when a voice said to me, "Don't worry, he's fine." I immediately realized Teacher was reminding me that he is helping my husband to obtain Dafa. I silently pleaded with Teacher to help us.
It was midnight when I clearly felt Teacher's help. When I returned to the ward, I saw the heart monitor indicators were showing continuous improvement. I didn't know what to say and said in my heart, "Thank you, Teacher."
The next morning my husband's condition had stabilized but he was still in critical condition. He was diagnosed with Coronary Atherosclerotic Heart Disease, acute myocardial infarction, unstable angina, frequent premature heartbeat, periodical complete right-side atrioventricular block, I-type respiratory failure, and lung infection.
During the first five days of his hospitalization our whole family was very nervous, because the doctor has issued a Notice of Critical Condition, meaning he could die at any moment. He received about eight bottles of IV infusions on a daily basis and was immobile. I told him each day to remember, "Falun Dafa is good, 'Truth, Compassion, Forbearance' is good," and he nodded.
On April 30, other patients in the ER were discharged or switched to regular wards. My husband was the only one left in the ER. Most of the doctors and nurses were on a break then and only a few hospital staff members were on duty. When no one was around, I played Teacher's lecture tapes for my husband. I often asked him to practice Falun Dafa, and I also told him that I had asked Teacher for help, in order to let him know that his improvement was due to Teacher's help. We talked a lot that evening and it was getting late. Finally I said, "Think about it: would you have gotten better so quickly otherwise? Only Dafa can help you. It's your choice whether or not you want to believe in Dafa. You know Falun Dafa is good, so why don't you start practicing? Don't be so stubborn."
He didn't say anything for a while; then he raised his right hand and said, "I want to cultivate. I want to study Dafa." I felt so happy for him and thought, "Another person redeemed." Suddenly, he said a weight was lifted from his chest and he could breathe much more easily. He felt very light, something he had never experienced before. At that moment I truly understood Teacher's words,
"We'd say that a good or bad outcome comes from one thought. The difference in one thought leads to different results" (Improving Character, The Fourth Talk, Zhuan Falun)
We discussed the situation and decided to ask for him to be moved to a regular ward when the doctor comes back.
On May 2, when the doctor came, we asked to change wards. Our request shocked the doctor and he adamantly turned us down. After he conducted an examination, however, we still insisted on changing wards and the doctor said, "Let me run this by the director of the hospital." After a while he came back and told us, "You can move to Ward 3." The doctor's approval showed that my husband's condition had improved significantly.
After moving to Ward 3, my husband was in great spirits and could do everything unaided. He was almost completely healthy by now. His improvement surprised the other patients in the ward and they asked him, "How did you get well so quickly?" The patients' families asked me, "What medication did he take to recover so quickly?" I told them, "He started practicing Falun Dafa." Their jaws dropped and they said, "So, Falun Dafa is indeed miraculous! It'd be hard to believe if we didn't see it with our own eyes."
On May 3 my husband spoke with the doctor. He said he was doing great and he wanted to leave the hospital. At first, the doctor couldn't believe his ears and again refused. He said he was going to do an ultrasound and CT scan, because he had found a dark spot in one of my husband's lungs, which he suspected to be malignant. My husband smiled and said to the doctor, "Thank you for taking care of me. I am doing very well now. I know my own body; I am perfectly fine." The doctor still refused to release him. He phoned our family and asked my father for his opinion. My father said he respected our own opinion, so the doctor released my husband.
Before we left the hospital I told the other patients how my husband obtained Dafa and I talked about the mighty power of Dafa. I told them to always remember, "Falun Dafa is good." I took out a truth clarification pamphlet and showed it them and they said, "Dafa is wonderful! Look at him, he was at death's door but he recovered in only a few days."
Then I went to Ward 7 and saw Mr. Qi, a man in his 60s, also diagnosed with heart disease. He often went to my husband's ward to chat with him. I said to him, "We're going home today and we wanted to see you before we leave." Mr. Qi was hooked up to an IV bottle and was very happy to see me. He said, "No wonder your husband got well so quickly; he's young." I told him, "It's not because of his age; it's because he started practicing Falun Gong." Mr. Qi didn't say anything. I took out the pamphlet and showed him. He said, "I can't read." I said, "Ask your wife to read it for you. She is a teacher." Hearing the words, "Falun Gong" his wife said, "No, I'm not going to read it; but we are not against it, either."
I felt something was not right. I thought, "Why didn't I send forth righteous thoughts when I came in?" I started sending forth righteous thoughts and asked Teacher to help me. His wife left to get hot water and I said to Mr. Qi, "Look at my husband! He had it the worst when he came in, but he got well faster than everyone else here. Do you think that would have been possible if he hadn't started cultivating Dafa?" I told him to remember, "Falun Dafa is good." He repeated it a few times and said, "I'm not against it; my wife doesn't believe in it, though. My neighbor upstairs practices Falun Gong. My wife often has a pain in her leg and our neighbor asks her to practice Falun Gong, but she refused. She wasn't happy when you mentioned Falun Gong."
Later, his wife came back with a friend. I started talking about the miraculous power of Dafa and I clarified the truth about the staged self-immolation in Tiananmen Square. I said to them, "I'm not asking you to practice Falun Gong; I only want you to know about Falun Gong and know about the truth. Today you have seen it for yourselves. Would my husband have recovered so quickly if he didn't practice Dafa?"
His wife completely changed. She became much friendlier and she smiled at me. Before I left, I said to them, "Regardless of whether or not you practice Dafa, it would be good if you remembered 'Falun Dafa is good' and read the Dafa truth clarification materials."
Many patients and their families came out to see us off. Mr. Qi's wife held my hand and shook it saying, "This time I really know that Dafa practitioners are good people, and Falun Dafa is a good practice."
It's been over two months since my husband left the hospital. He has grown stronger by the day. He studies the Fa and does the exercises on a daily basis and has improved in many aspects. We study the Fa and do the exercises together and share our understandings on the Fa.
