AED vs Life

"Everything is possible for the one who believes." (Mark 9:23)

Herb Brooks ( the coach of the US Hockey team that won the gold and shocked the world...also known as the Miracle on Ice. ) said:

 “If I'd have went on the ice when this thing happened, someone would have speared me or something. It's a great feeling of accomplishment and pride. They had to do it; it was their moment.”

Game summary:


For Dakota Bear, a 16 year old basketball player, from Allen, Oklahoma...was this a miracle?


It was a normal day of basketball practice for the Allen High School Girl's Basketball team as they were preparing for their opening game.  The coach had just given Dakotah some pointers on shooting free throws. As the coach walked away Dakotah collapsed. A teammate yelled for the coach that Dakotah had fallen down for no apparent reason. Dakotah seemed life less.  Immediately the coaching staff performed CPR, until the ambulance arrived. The city had just purchased a special machine that performs CPR for those who had cardiac arrest. The ambulance emergency team used the machine on Dakotah because she was not showing a heartbeat. They rushed her to the hospital and paramedics said that the new machine keeps the blood flowing when the heart is not pumping blood. That it never gets tired like people do performing CPR, and that without this new machine, Dakotah may have not stayed alive long enough to get her to the hospital.  

Dakotah was put into a medically induced coma remaining on life support for three days until she came to. In less than three weeks Dakotah was back home and returned to school. Nobody knows what caused this, but since she had cardiac arrest they did not allow her return to basketball right away. Although, they felt she could very possibly return before the end of the season.

The medical team who took Dakotah to the hospital definitely planned to attend the next game she played in. She was special as they saw something very unusual happen to her. They and others felt it was a miracle that Dakotah survived and didn't have any physical impairments. Was this a miracle? Everyone who was praying for her knew so. To lose consciousness, be in a coma for three days, a person just doesn't come out of it and not have some brain damage, or need physical rehab therapy.

Amazingly, Dakotah had no limitations on what she could do... which is very rare! During this time, her teachers, classmates, family and friends were all praying for her. Knowing God answered their prayers. Dakota is a living miracle. Jesus in the Bible restored many who appeared to have died. Like in Luke 7, a boy seemed to have died. Jesus approached the funeral procession, touched the boy who had died, and he sat up and was perfectly normal. 


Could God have touched Dakotah in response to all who were praying? They think so.

The Scriptures say...

 “If you had faith even as small as a mustard seed, you could say to this mulberry tree, ‘May you be uprooted and be planted in the sea,’ and it would obey you! (Luke 17:6)

"Everything is possible for the one who believes." (Mark 9:23)


MVP: Dakota Bear (high school student athlete at Allen, Ok)