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    Memories of Yellow Tears
    Memories of Yellow Tears
    Memories of Yellow Tears
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    Memories of Yellow Tears

    By Phillis Knox

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    Phillis Knox takes you on an intimate sojourn of her hepatic transplant story. Through yellow tears to her miraculous second chance at life, she relates the challenges met with faith; the obstacles that reaped opportunities; how God visited, provided, and healed. It tells of her last hour gift of life. Her inspirational journey uplifts and reinforces the amazing grace of the Lord in the storms of the midnight.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWestBow Press
    Release dateJan 22, 2013
    ISBN9781449780975
    Memories of Yellow Tears
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    Phillis Knox

    Phillis Knox walked the walk of a transplant journey, resolving there would be no halfway there. She resides with her husband and best friend, Murray, in Dadeville, Alabama, close to their three married children and six grandchildren. She attends Beulah Baptist Church, working with the affiliated after school care program.

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      Memories of Yellow Tears - Phillis Knox

      Copyright © 2013 Phillis Knox.

      All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced by any means, graphic, electronic, or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, taping or by any information storage retrieval system without the written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews.

      WestBow Press books may be ordered through booksellers or by contacting:

      WestBow Press

      A Division of Thomas Nelson

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.westbowpress.com

      1-(866) 928-1240

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

      Any people depicted in stock imagery provided by Thinkstock are models, and such images are being used for illustrative purposes only.

      Certain stock imagery © Thinkstock.

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-8098-2 (sc)

      ISBN: 978-1-4497-8097-5 (e)

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2012924259

      WestBow Press rev. date: 2/01/2013

      CONTENTS

      Prologue

      Chapter 1 Lurking Within

      Chapter 2 Ouch!

      Chapter 3 Horrors: The C Word

      Chapter 4 I Passed!

      Chapter 5 A Shade Of Orange

      Chapter 6 Vascular Data

      Chapter 7 Us Four And No More!

      Chapter 8 Job Well Done

      Chapter 9 Unexpected Call

      Chapter 10 Ready! Set! Go!

      Chapter 11 The Grand Finale

      Epilogue

      The Ultimate Gift

      To Robbie and Kay Jones,

      a big thank-you for remembering me with the

      gift of life.

      And to Carolyn Mitchell and Fay Moore

      for their assistance in making this book happen.

      PROLOGUE

      The year that I turned forty was a major turning point in my life. My husband and I had another child. Little did I know, however, that my life was like a spark that would soon explode into a blazing fire.

      My liver was deteriorating from a disease that I was unfamiliar with (primary biliary cirrhosis). I learned that this particular disease had many phases that one must go through, and as much as I dreaded the thought, I had to go through this illness alone. I was afraid, plain and simple. There was no doubt that this disease could and would eventually kill me.

      I faced a long, fearsome journey. I had never before realized that God was right there walking with me every step of the way. This is a story about my thoughts, family, fears, medical tests, and the transplant itself, a process that spanned five months of my life during which I remained in the end stage of a severe liver disease. It was during this time that I really came to know the Lord in a way I had never known Him before. My strength came from Him with the support of my family and friends.

      In my book, you will see how powerful prayer is and how much more affecting it can be when offered up by larger numbers of people. It took me a long time to realize that my illness may have actually been a blessing. Had I not been sick, I may never have come to know the Lord like I did (and do now). One thing’s for sure: my life was spared for a reason, and I will be forever grateful.

      CHAPTER 1

      Lurking Within

      While I was sitting at home and gazing out the window, I asked myself if most people realized how fortunate they were just to be alive. I certainly did. The past fifteen years of my life had definitely been a challenge, but when I thought of the past twelve months, waves of mixed emotions and memories washed over me in thanksgiving.

      It all began with my annual physical in 1993. I never dreamed that anything was wrong. I felt really good. In fact, I had returned to school, given birth to my third child (when I was forty years old), raised two grown sons, and enjoyed a wonderful husband. Then … boom! The phone rang, and the message on the other end held anything

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