{"id":4506,"date":"2020-04-14T12:49:29","date_gmt":"2020-04-14T16:49:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/?p=4506"},"modified":"2020-04-14T12:49:29","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T16:49:29","slug":"covid-19-survivor-credits-god-for-giving-her-another-chance-at-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/inspirationreport\/2020\/04\/covid-19-survivor-credits-god-for-giving-her-another-chance-at-life.html","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 Survivor Credits God For Giving Her Another Chance at Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2020\/04\/hospitalimagecredithealth.mil_.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4509\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/89\/2020\/04\/hospitalimagecredithealth.mil_.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"428\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The 60-year-old was placed on a ventilator and appeared to be facing death but God had other plans for her, she said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Barbara Killiebrew, 60, had been hospitalized at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, GA since March 18.<\/p>\n<p>As she battled with COVID-19, she was placed on a ventilator to stay alive.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI felt in my mind and my heart that I was coming back to them,\u201d Killiebrew told WALB. \u201cI was fighting, I was fighting for my life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yet, God had other plans, she said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\u201cFirst and foremost, I thank God for Jesus, for him saving my life and giving me another chance because two or three times where I have given up, God said no.&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ClSRWH9nei\">https:\/\/t.co\/ClSRWH9nei<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WALB News 10 (@WALBNews10) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WALBNews10\/status\/1247837853494763520?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 8, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cFirst and foremost, I thank God for Jesus, for him saving my life and giving me another chance because two or three times where I have given up, God said no,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>It took a lot of fight but Killiebrew eventually recovered. When I was time to leave the hospital, the Coffee County Sherriff\u2019s Office arrived to formally escort her home.<\/p>\n<p>The Georgia resident received a hero\u2019s escort home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe sheriff and everything got together, blocked the roads off and I was thinking to myself, it could have been a funeral but instead, God has it turned around for a celebration,\u201d said Killiebrew.<\/p>\n<p>Killiebrew wsn\u2019t able to see her daughter for several days after she tested positive for COVID-19 but she said she never felt alone.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI realize there are so many people around the nation fighting for their life but God and his good almighty helped me. He kept this young lady here to come home and tell about corona, COVID-19,\u201d Killiebrew said.<\/p>\n<p>We continue to pray for those who are fighting for their lives and those who have lost their lives at the hands of COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 60-year-old was placed on a ventilator and appeared to be facing death but God had other plans for her, she said. Barbara Killiebrew, 60, had been hospitalized at Coffee Regional Medical Center in Douglas, GA since March 18. 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