Faithwire
  • Watch
  • Go!
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletter
  • Contact Us
  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram
  • SCOTUS
  • Life
  • Religious Liberty
  • News
  • Politics
  • Faith
  • Opinion

‘She’s a Miracle’: Her Kids Bought Her Tombstone After Doctors Said She Had No Hope of Surviving COVID-19, But…

Photo: GoFundMe
Share Tweet
By Billy Hallowell
Editor

November 19, 2021

After Bettina Lerman spent weeks on a ventilator as she battled COVID-19, her family prepared for what they believed was the inevitable.

With doctors predicting Lerman, 69, wouldn’t recover, they bought a tombstone, started planning her funeral, and prepared to say an emotional goodbye.

LISTEN TO TODAY’S PODCAST AND SUBSCRIBE:

Lerman’s kids were so convinced their mother’s life was coming to an end they also gave away her possessions and let go of her Florida apartment.

“We … donated everything in her apartment for others in need at her senior community,” daughter Jennifer Miele said on a GoFundMe page. “We had already went to the funeral home and was planning her funeral, with the little bit she had left.”

Then, on Oct. 29 — right before they planned to remove Lerman from life support — something shocking unfolded at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine: she woke up.

Lerman’s son, Andrew, told CNN about the unbelievable phone call he received right before he expected his mom to die.

Bettina Lerman was on a ventilator for weeks after getting Covid-19 and hadn’t responded to efforts to wake her from a coma. Her family made the difficult decision to take her off of life support and picked out her casket and headstone. Then she woke up. https://t.co/en8Cgg6R4f

— CNN (@CNN) November 19, 2021

“[The doctor’s] like, ‘Well, I need you to come here right away.’ I was like, ‘OK, what’s wrong?'” Lerman recalled. “He goes, ‘Well, there’s nothing wrong. Your mother woke up.'”

One of the most remarkable parts of the story is what Andrew told CNN about his mother’s faith and the impact the medical marvel is having on his own perspective.

He said his mom is “very religious” and her church and friends have been praying for her.

“So they can’t explain it on the medical side. Maybe it’s on the religious side,” Andrew said. “I’m not that religious, but I’m starting to believe that there’s something that helped her. I don’t know.”

He added, “She’s a miracle.”

Andrew’s sister, Jennifer, also described their mother as a “prayer warrior.”

It is truly remarkable Lerman spent more than a month in a coma and is now awake and responsive. And while she’s not out of the woods, she is making strides toward recovery. She’s getting physical therapy to regain strength and is able to breathe on her own with supplemental oxygen, according to WMTV-TV.

A GoFundMe has been set up to help Lerman rebuild her life as she recovers.

***As the number of voices facing big-tech censorship continues to grow, please sign up for Faithwire’s daily newsletter and download the CBN News app, developed by our parent company, to stay up-to-date with the latest news from a distinctly Christian perspective.***

Latest

  • Entertainment

    Blac Chyna Quits OnlyFans, Changes Lifestyle After Becoming Christian: ‘Let Me Let God Lead Me’

  • Faith

    UK Preacher Reported as Terrorist After ‘Disturbing’ ‘Misgendering’ Arrest Wins BIG After Legal Nightmare

  • Faith

    ‘Against Our Christian Beliefs’: NHL Brothers Refuse to Wear LGBT Pride Sweaters

  • News

    Fox News Reporter Hugs Son Live on Air as He Flees School Shooting She Was Covering

  • News

    ‘I Can No Longer Stand on the Sidelines’: After Horrific Shooting, Denver Superintendent Brings Cops Back to Schools in Bold Statement


Sponsored
Sponsored

Newsletter
Signup

Sidebar

Recent Posts

  • Blac Chyna Quits OnlyFans, Changes Lifestyle After Becoming Christian: ‘Let Me Let God Lead Me’
  • UK Preacher Reported as Terrorist After ‘Disturbing’ ‘Misgendering’ Arrest Wins BIG After Legal Nightmare
  • ‘Against Our Christian Beliefs’: NHL Brothers Refuse to Wear LGBT Pride Sweaters
  • Fox News Reporter Hugs Son Live on Air as He Flees School Shooting She Was Covering
  • ‘I Can No Longer Stand on the Sidelines’: After Horrific Shooting, Denver Superintendent Brings Cops Back to Schools in Bold Statement

Archives

  • March 2023
  • February 2023
  • January 2023
  • December 2022
  • November 2022
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • June 2022
  • May 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • December 2021
  • November 2021
  • October 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021
  • February 2021
  • January 2021
  • December 2020
  • November 2020
  • October 2020
  • September 2020
  • August 2020
  • July 2020
  • June 2020
  • May 2020
  • April 2020
  • March 2020
  • February 2020
  • January 2020
  • December 2019
  • November 2019
  • October 2019
  • September 2019
  • August 2019
  • July 2019
  • June 2019
  • May 2019
  • April 2019
  • March 2019
  • February 2019
  • January 2019
  • December 2018
  • November 2018
  • October 2018
  • September 2018
  • August 2018
  • July 2018
  • June 2018
  • May 2018
  • April 2018
  • March 2018
  • February 2018
  • January 2018
  • December 2017
  • November 2017
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • July 2017
  • June 2017
  • May 2017
  • April 2017
  • March 2017
  • February 2017
  • January 2017
  • December 2016
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • July 2016
  • June 2016
  • May 2016

Categories

  • Christian Persecution
  • Coronavirus
  • culture
  • Culture
  • Entertainment
  • Faith
  • Faith
  • Family
  • George Floyd
  • Go!
  • Israel
  • Life
  • Life
  • Lifestyle
  • Media
  • Men
  • Mission Haiti
  • News
  • News
  • Opinion
  • P.O.V
  • Politics
  • Politics
  • Roe
  • Sponsored
  • Sports
  • Virtue
  • Women

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org

Navigation

  • Watch
  • Go!
  • Podcasts
  • Newsletter
  • Contact Us
  • Staff
  • Privacy Policy
  • Terms of Service

Follow Us

  • Facebook
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Instagram

Subscribe to the Newsletter

Sign up to get our newsletter your inbox every day.

Newsletter Signup

Do you want to read
more articles like this?