If Today Is All I Have (Florida Hospital Publishing) - Softcover

Linda Nordyke Hambleton; Todd Hillard; Joni Eareckson Tada

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9780983988106: If Today Is All I Have (Florida Hospital Publishing)

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ISBN 10: 0983988102 ISBN 13: 9780983988106

Publisher: Florida Hospital Publishing, 2011

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There are more than 125 million Americans who suffer from chronic disease . . . but you ve never met one quite like Linda Nordyke Hambleton. If Today Is All I Have recounts the remarkable true story of Linda's life, love, sickness, blindness, death, resuscitation, heartbreak, faith, hope, and ultimate peace. Equal parts medical drama, romance, and inspirational saga, her story could be described as ER meets Touched by An Angel. At its heart, Linda's captivating account chronicles the struggle to reconcile her three dreams of experiencing life as a normal woman with the tough realities of her medical condition. Her journey is punctuated with insights that are at times humorous, painful, provocative, and life-affirming. I first learned of my disease at age six, Linda writes. Doctors gave me about twenty-five years to live. Despite multiple heart attacks, strokes, transplants, three years of blindness, and over sixty pills a day I won t give up. But medical complications tell only part of my story. Three heartfelt dreams gave me the courage to laugh, love, and live. is is my true story

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About the Author:

LINDA NORDYKE HAMBLETON was diagnosed with juvenile-onset diabetes (type I diabetes mellitus) at the age of six. Doctors gave her to age twenty-five to live. With dreams, pain, laughter, and tears, she exceeded their prediction by more than twenty years. Truly a model of physical, mental, and spiritual human survival, Linda writes from the heart with honesty and experience. It is a message of hope to all individuals and their loved ones who suffer from the chronic condition called life.

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To anyone looking into my sister's life, it seems impossible to handle; yet with strength and conviction, she perseveres the pain and triumphs over the agony. Through faith, laughter, and family, Linda is fighting for her life. Growing up with her, I learned, along with my family, to appreciate all that God gives us and to trust His path. For those who know and love her, the gift she gives is greater than anyone could imagine . . .the gift of hope. --Karen Palmer, Linda s Sister

I've worked in healthcare my entire professional career. Linda s story is among the most powerful I've heard. No one goes unchanged whose life touches hers. --Lars Houman, President and CEO, Florida Hospital

Not one in a million patients has to experience the breadth and depth of difficulties Linda has had to face. Yet she s defined the odds by living longer and more gracefully than anyone would expect. She is truly a miracle. --Joel Greenburg, MD, Linda s cardiologist

Thank you Linda, for showing so many how to live . . . and how to die. --Joni Eareckson Tada, Bestselling Author

I could hardly believe Linda's story if I hadn't heard it myself. Linda is a remarkable woman of strength, courage, and conviction. I wish all my patients would read her story. --Linda Cason, Linda Nordyke Hambelton's nurse

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