Today is my 3-year anniversary of pull-the plug NOT !!! I am so grateful to be here with you all and celebrate GOD’s infinite goodness, love, patience, healing, and restoration of my life!!! I can honestly say, life has never been better! These 3 Caring Bridge journal entries say a lot about all the ups and downs of those 77 days in ICU and the recovery period afterward. Thanks for your support in prayer through it all!

Nora Emig
August 15, 2021
This is an entry I didn’t think I would have to make. Dan’s body is shutting down. He has pneumonia so his lungs are struggling, his kidneys are shutting down, ischemic intestines and bowels. They are dying. We had to make a decision, surgery to remove the dead bowels or they would kill him. But surgery also could kill him. Or we can do nothing and just make him comfortable and he will die. We have chosen surgery and praying that the fighter that he is will kick in combined with Gods power to heal so he can make it through surgery and heal. As you can imagine, we are all in shock. God had given me the word that “everything will be ok”. I sensed that his meant he would be heathy again. It may still mean that. But at this moment we are staring death in the face. I pray that our gracious and mighty God will heal him in this life. But if he doesn’t, I pray that I would be able to see and sense his loving presence through it all. Thank you for you prayers.
Nora
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Nora Emig
August 15, 2021
Dan is in the room now after surgery. We stayed with him for 15-20 minutes and are heading home. We’re exhausted. He made it through surgery. It’s the first step. They will go back in and check his intestines in two days and hopefully reconnect his intestines if things look good. He said there comes a point when you can’t take anymore because the body can’t live. Part of the problem is the meds he is on for blood pressure. It causes the heart to squeeze harder so the brain and heart get more blood to stay alive. The consequences are the intestines and kidneys don’t get enough and can begin to shut down. But there isn’t anything else that can be done. He is going on dialysis to help with the kidneys. We’ll keep praying. Only God can continue to sustain him.
The doctor said we need to determine if his heart stops, do we want to shock his heart. He didn’t say why he brought that up and I was too tired and nauseous from a tension headache to think to ask. Thank you for your prayers.
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Nora Emig
August 16, 2021
I have been crying since 2:00, that was when I had a talk with the doctor about Dan’s deteriorating condition. His body has shut down. His bowels and intestines are dying, his lungs aren’t working so he’s on a ventilator as high as it goes. His kidneys aren’t functioning so he’s on dialysis. He has pneumonia, Sepsis, and E. Coli. And a dissection in the heart that needs to be repaired. If he would somehow survive, he would require a feeding tube, colostomy, dialysis, and oxygen plus full time medical supervision. I can’t believe this is happening. When am I going to wake up from this dream? Barring a complete miracle we will be taking him off life support in the next couple days. Pray.
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Nora Emig
August 17, 2021
“Dr Rudersdorf, cardiologist, just called me. He knows what Dr Dreisman told us and wanted to give us his opinion. Dan has improved a lot over the last 24 hrs. His lungs are getting stronger and vitals better. He thinks that there is nothing he’s facing that he can’t recover from at this time. So we are taking it one day at a time. For now we will not make him comfortable. He is fighting and our God is fighting. We’ll continue to pray for complete healing. ”
He is going into surgery right now. Pray for a miracle with his bowels”