Aurora Victim Who Was Shot in the Head Saved by Birth Defect: Do You Believe in Miracles?

by Fergie Posted 2012/07/23 18:56:27

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22 year old Petra Anderson was one of the victims in the horrifying Aurora massacre last Friday, but although she was shot in the head, she miraculously survived and is in recovery with very little brain damage thanks to a birth defect. Read the blog post below and let me know if you believe in miracles or if you would attribute something like this to random chance.

It seems as if the bullet traveled through Petra's brain without hitting any significant brain areas. The doctor explains that Petra's brain has had from birth a small "defect" in it. It is a tiny channel of fluid running through her skull, like a tiny vein through marble, or a small hole in an oak board, winding from front to rear. Only a CAT scan would catch it, and Petra would have never noticed it.
But in Petra's case, the shotgun buck shot, maybe even the size used for deer hunting, enters her brain from the exact point of this defect. Like a marble through a small tube, the defect channels the bullet from Petra's nose through her brain. It turns slightly several times, and comes to rest at the rear of her brain. And in the process, the bullet misses all the vital areas of the brain. In many ways, it almost misses the brain itself. Like a giant BB though a straw created in Petra's brain before she was born, it follows the route of the defect. It is channeled in the least harmful way. A millimeter in any direction and the channel is missed. The brain is destroyed. Evil wins a round.

GAWKER.COM reports:
On his blog, Denver pastor Brad Strait recounts a rather remarkable "miracle story" involving 22-year-old Petra Anderson, a congregant at his church and one of the 71 people shot last Friday at a Century movie theater in Aurora, Colorado.

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Simms 2012/07/24 12:25:49

Yes

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I worked on campus in the late 90's. Only one time did my alarm fail, and I was late getting to work. The alarm was still set. The time had passed. But the alarm buzzer did not go off. I got to work, and one of the ladies that would arrive in the morning when I used to, was very upset. I used to take the bank deposits in after the bank opened in the morning. I thought she was upset because I was late, which ticked me off a little, since I had never been late more than a few minutes before and there was still plenty of time to stop by the bank. It turns out that she was upset, because a young woman opened fire on the quad shortly before I got there. The sniper was hiding in the bushes that I walked by on the way to the bank. Then, when I finished my deposits, I would walk across the quad at an angle, crossing further out in front of the bushes to head down to the bagel shop to pick up breakfast. Often, I would walk this route with my headphones on. That morning the sniper arrived before classes started, spread out a tarp, and sat in the bushes with her orange juice, waiting for an opportune moment. She opened fire at 9:30 AM. Had I arrived on time, I should have been walking right in the path of where she fired, or I might have just passed by there (depending on how quick the bank deposits took, etc.). If I had been walking my usual route, I would have been the closest and clearest target she had. I never had any other problems with that alarm clock.

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Platinum Fangs 2012/07/24 09:45:28

No

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Miracles imply that there was divine intervention. I'd still like to believe we have say over our own destiny. I believe in good odds. I believe in good chances. I believe in saying "Congrats to that girl who survived."

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Simms to Platinu... 2012/07/24 11:46:06

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God intervening now and then to keep someone breathing for another day, is not the same as removing all choice. You still have quite a bit of say in your destiny.

You say you believe in good odds and good changes. This was neither. The odds were bad. The chances were of the slimmest margins.

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boss hawg 2012/07/23 21:40:50

Yes

i had 3000lbs fall on me in an accident and i lived and recovered. that was a miracle.

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Temlakos~POTL~PWCM~JLA~☆ 2012/07/23 18:59:43

Yes

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Yes. And I believe in something else: sometimes thorns in one's side will serve a purpose that none of us will see until it happens.

Nothing, and I mean nothing, happens that does not cross the Divine Worry Desk.

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marianne to Temlako... 2012/07/23 19:02:23

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wow...;-]

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