MIRACLES

"I am a miracle", says nurse who survived the accident

In addition to the risk of death from gravity, she also fractured vertebra from the spine and could become paraplegic

11/12/2018

Monday, four o'clock. It finishes another expedient of the nurse Jéssica Aparecida Lopes de Souza Cavalcante, 34 years old. The car key turns the ignition and begins the journey back home. It is about 30 km to go from Barra Mansa to the quiet Porto Real, in Rio de Janeiro. Before taking the road, she passes the nursery to pick up the little 2-year-old David Lucas. Along the way, an accident breaks the routine and forever changes your life.

"I do not remember anything. I do not know if I fainted or lost control of the car. The fact is that I hit a car that was in front of me and mine went against the counter, I ended up hitting the vehicle in the opposite direction. My son flew from the car seat to the front passenger seat and our car caught fire. "

Discomposed, in the middle of the Guardian Road, without the help of friends or relatives, Jessica and her baby are completely dependent on God's care. The help arrives to begin the care and, soon, are directed to the hospital. Working friends recognize it and streamline procedures. "There was a cordon with more than 10 doctors waiting for me. I broke two bones of the right leg, had to put 3 plates and 12 screws, I also broke one vertebra - the second one of the column - and they also operated my head ". Six days in induced coma and 31 days in the hospital. The team responsible for her case often informed the family of her risk ever again. "I prayed a lot not to be paraplegic and today I am here. Miracle exists. I am a miracle, "witness Maria José Lopes de Souza, 74 years old, testified at the World City of Dreams of God in Santo Amaro, São Paulo, alongside her mother. Because Jessica was an only child, the accident left Maria in distress. "I almost died. It was very difficult, but I did not give up. Every day she anointed her body with oil in the hospital and filled the bed with the wipes always confident that she would walk out of the hospital, "said the retiree.