Elaine’s Story: Fully Restored

My name is Elaine, I am 65 yrs old and I currently live in TX.

I had an abortion at the age of 17 because my family was in the ministry and they didn't want anyone to know about the pregnancy.

The abortion was in 1976 and it was a saline abortion.  When the doctor went to inject the saline he missed my uterus and the saline went in to my intestines and other parts of my body.  

Within 48 hours I was fighting for my life and rushed to the ER at Vanderbilt Hospital in Nashville TN.  I would end up being in the hospital for 2 1/2 months..  During this time I had 2 surgeries.  The doctors removed an ovary and my uterus in the first surgery but had to stop the surgery because they lost my heartbeat twice.  I had to go through a second surgery where they removed my other ovary, a blood clot, and also put over 2,000 stitches in my intestines because of the damage done by the saline.  I was given several pints of blood during the second surgery that I would find out many years later was contaminated with Hep C.

Thankfully, by the grace of God, I survived the abortion, the surgeries, and the 6 months of Hep C treatments.  

I never had the opportunity to see my baby but I now have peace in knowing  where she is and that a day will come where we will be together.  

I have found freedom and healing from my abortion and trauma through prayer and through the classes that She Found His Grace Ministry offers.  I have encountered Jesus and I've allowed him to take my anger, grief, and bitterness.  I know now that he was there with me through it all.  

My identity and innocence have been restored.  I thank God for his healing, his love, and his grace.

My babys name is Clarissa Elaine