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Doctors, to help those seriously injured, sometimes use a drug-induced coma. There are many practical applications for drug-induced comas. The following article is about my experience dealing with a friend in a drug-induced coma.
"Our natural state of being is a relationship, a tango, a constant state of one influencing the other. Just as the subatomic particles that compose us cannot be separated from the space, and particles surrounding them, so living beings cannot be isolated from each other...By the act of observation and intention, we have the ability to extend a kind of super-radiance to the world."
Lynn McTaggart from the book The Field. |
I first met Fred (not his real name) in Connecticut when he was 9. His older brother and I dated in High School. I met Fred again in 1997. In 1999 and 2000 I saw Fred often while his brother and I were on the east coast for nearly three months, while their sister was dying. Fred also came out to visit us in Pasadena, CA. I also had many conversations with him on the telephone. We had a friendly relationship and at times Fred sought my advice. Fred lived in Connecticut
On February 3, 2008 his brother received a call from the North Carolina police. Fred had been in a serious car accident and had been flown to a burn center for treatment. He was seriously injured and the doctor did not know if he would live initially. He sustained severe burns, twelve broken bones and some neurological head trauma. According to the doctor if he survived for 7 to 10 days in all likely hood he would survive the accident. Family members gathered at his bedside for several weeks. When he survived for two weeks we all assumed that he would live but it would be a long time for him to recover from his multiple injuries.
After his admittance and ER evaluation, Fred was placed in a drug-induced coma for many reasons so he was never conscious though at times he did respond to the medical personal. His brother was given weekly up dates about Fred’s condition and had long talks with the attending physician.
On February 22, approximately 7 to 7:30 pm (west coast time) while I was painting trim and listening to music, Fred’s spirit came to me. I had been trying ever since his accident to connect with him spiritually but had no results. So it came as quite a surprise to me to have his energy suddenly appear. He was quite angry and upset. He demanded to know from me why he was on life support. I explained to him about his accident but he had no real interest in listening to me. He simply wanted to know why he was still on life support. When I finally told him I didn’t know why he was still on life support, he insisted I ask his brother. I tried to explain to Fred that I was tired and really didn’t want to talk with his brother about this at the moment. Fred’s angry spirit would not accept my trying to put off talking to his brother and basically would not leave me. After about 5 to 10 minutes communicating with Fred it was obvious to me that I would not be able to continue my painting without first talking to his brother. As soon as I told Fred I would go downstairs and ask his brother about life support, I felt Fred’s energy withdraw from me.
I immediately went downstairs and told his brother about my contact with Fred. Needless to say his brother was rather surprised and he told me Fred did not write his legal living will to deny life support under these conditions, which left it up to his doctor to determine when life support would be withdrawn. I relayed this information to Fred later that night.
I was quite firm in my talk with his brother to indicate that something had happened to Fred at the hospital that day (Friday). His brother said he was unaware of anything and would call that weekend to find out. His brother called Sunday morning and was told by the nurse that they had reduced a drug on Friday in order to test his brain-function on Monday. They were bringing him out of the drug-induced coma quickly for neurological assessment, because doctors grew concerned about his mental faculties.
On either February 23 or 24 I had my second contact with Fred and he made it quite clear to me that he would not be staying in his body. His spirit left his body that weekend never to return again. This information I did not tell his brother about until Thursday February 28. At that time I prepared his brother for Fred’s death. I told him Fred’s spirit had moved on the previous weekend.
Fred’s body died on Saturday March 1. On Monday March 3, I flew to North Carolina to start my new life.
Everyone, including myself, is very grateful for the wonderful treatment Fred received during those weeks and expressed it to the doctor and his staff.
A few months later I wrote the doctor about a few concerns and suggestions. They are the following.
1. Families need to be informed immediately when you are trying to bring a patient back to consciousness. This is to prepare the family for the fact that the patient might want to contact a family member (psychically) once the patient becomes aware of their predicament. While the staff might not of been aware of Fred’s growing awareness of his situation, I certainly was and found it upsetting. If I had known about what was happening at the hospital it would have been easier for me to deal with Fred and his anger. As it was I was working in the dark.
2. You might want to consider having an intuitive empath, psychic, or intuitive family member present in the patient’s room when you are reducing drugs. This could offer valuable information to you and your staff concerning the patient’s state of mind.
3. You also want to consider talking to the families about the possibility that a patient might want to contact one of them psychically even if the patient is in a coma. This should be done at the very beginning of treatment. It needs to be presented in a matter of fact way so as not to frighten anyone and allow for an opening to occur. Many people fear such contact yet it is a natural part of being human. Many Americans believe in psychic contact and maybe the medical community might want to consider using information coming from spirit in treatment.
4. With the above approaches mentioned you might be able to eventually gather enough antidotal information to better understand the connection between body, mind, emotions and spirit. This could also offer a larger understanding of why some patients live or die.
Being an intuitive empathy is not easy, yet people with my sensitivity have much to offer to the medical community, the patients and the families. We are all connected. One cannot work on healing a body without also attempting to connect to spirit. This is why the medical staff talks to patients in comas. They know sometimes the patients are listening yet can’t respond.
His brother and I remain friends and he approved me writing this article. He feels as strongly as I do, that family needs to be informed when a patient is being brought out of a drug-induced coma.
Fred’s spirit contacting me was his gift to me. He reminded me once again that we are all connected on many levels. He is at rest now in peace and love. |
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