My health continued to decline, and my parents were told to go pray because if I continued to not receive enough oxygen I would only have two hours to live.

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I'm also pregnant as I write this and I hope and pray that everything will go well a second time and we will be lucky enough to have a brother or sister for Emily.

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Most of the drivers are Indian and tell me if I go to India I will be cured and they will pray for me in the meantime.

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I'll put a pot of coffee on, and then I'll go into my bedroom, drop to my knees and pray that my beautiful child is only wounded.

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