My mother died from something that almost killed me. Now, I keep wondering if she prayed to God to take her instead. I had a surgery for a goiter that was giving me swallowing and breathing problems. After the surgery, I developed a large hematoma under the incision, which was compressing my trachea. When the doctor got there, he had to rip out the stitches at bedside. My husband said that blood spattered everywhere. The doctor took me, bed, and all directly to surgery. During that time, he managed to intubate my lung causing the other lung to collapse. I had a tension pneumothorax. I was going down the tubes, fast. The doctor called in a pulmonologist, who told them that the endo tube was in too far. . .anyway. . . I ended up on a ventilator for a couple of days. My mother came to see me and other family members.
A little later, I found out that both my vocal cords were paralyzed in a closed position; so I had to have a tracheostomy for awhile. My mother hated seeing me with that trach. One vocal cord recovered, so I was able to have the tracheostomy removed. If it had not of healed (or whatever), I would of had the trach for life.
This year, my mother suffered a severe tracheal obstruction; she is found to have a substernal goiter (IT GREW BACK!!!). It caused her to have anoxic brain injury, which eventually led to her death.
I just find the whole thing SO strange. I know it's not probable; but I will always wonder.