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The Comeback

By: Betsy Bartter Muller, George Muller
Narrated by: Betsy Bartter Muller
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Summary

The worst day of your life might be just around the corner. Are you ready? Mine came on June 10, 2017. We were on vacation in Michigan when my husband suffered a sudden cardiac arrest after a morning run. When he didn’t show up for breakfast at our inn, I called the police, and soon two squad cars roared into the driveway revealing what I feared. He had died, a witness had performed CPR, an ambulance had come quickly and a pulse had been restored after five shocks from an AED. Because he went without oxygen for an extended time, he suffered hypoxic brain injury. Nobody could tell me if or when he would recover. We spent weeks in the ICU and months in rehabilitation facilities before he was finally able to return home.

Memories play important roles in this story. Our memories and recollections of people, places, and events that happened during a time of intense trauma and drama may not be fully accurate or complete. My husband, the central figure in this story, lost the ability to remember events during approximately five months of 2017, due to brain injury after a prolonged lack of oxygen following sudden cardiac arrest. Together we have done our best to share this story based upon the most memorable moments we have deemed significant. We offer suggestions from this experience to help our listeners prepare for those inevitable worst days so that they not only survive, but thrive. Join us on this journey of love, faith, and the power of connected healing.

©2019 Betsy Bartter Muller (P)2020 Betsy Bartter Muller

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Spoiler alert! They live happily ever after!

An amazingly detailed story of Betsy and George’s physical and emotional recovery after George suffers a major heart attack. Most of us would not have the presence or mind or strength to record the whole experience day by day, which probably makes this book unique. So you end up really feeling like you’ve almost lived the experience yourself, and maybe that you could cope better as a result if something similar happened to you.

As a UK reader I read with horror the part about medical insurance and bills for hundreds of thousands of dollars. Even though Betsy and George were fully paid up on a high quality medical insurance plan, Betsy still had the worry of whether the insurance company would or wouldn’t pay for particular aspects of George’s treatment and care, including transport costs – all adding massively to Betsy’s stress at an already traumatic time.

The top three lessons I learned from this book:
- EFT and other energy techniques are massively helpful in dealing with traumatic life events.
- Pay attention to early warning signs and get properly checked out when you start having fainting/collapsing episodes.
- We all need more AEDs (defibrillators) on hand to deal with heart events quickly and we all need to learn how to use one.

I really enjoyed the book being read both by the author herself and George. This really added a personal dimension to the story and it was great to actually hear how well George has recovered. A very heart-warming listen!

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