Facing Uncertainty with God: How Blindness Teaches Me to Walk by Faith, Not Sight
By Sara Claudia
God's Brave Women - Sara Claudia's Story
Have you ever faced a situation that was so foreign, unfamiliar, and terrifying that you did not know how to even begin to move forward?
When I was a 20-year-old, independent, and carefree college junior, I encountered one of these situations. I found myself plunged into an entirely new lifestyle. One that I had never experienced or witnessed, and it consisted of complete and utter darkness.
In May of 2015, I was admitted into the hospital for a routine tonsillectomy. After the surgery, I was discharged and sent to my parents’ house for rest and recuperation. In the early hours of the next morning, my mother discovered me completely unresponsive. After being rushed back to the hospital and intubated, my family held their breath, grieved, and prayed.
Miraculously, when the breathing tube was removed the next day, I began to breathe on my own. When I began to regain consciousness, I realized and shared with my family that I could not see anything, and everything was completely black.
One moment I was a normal college student with my whole life ahead of me. The next moment, I found myself lying in a hospital bed, completely blind, and terrified of what the future would hold.