An accident shooting might
be a blessing but a married couple from York Township, Ohio, USA, now believe
in miracles after a bullet saved the woman’s life.
The accident occurred when
77-year-old Boyd Ross was checking his shotgun and it suddenly went off. It
fired through a closet wall into the back of the chair where his wife Charlene
was sitting.
One tiny pellet grazed the
woman on her neck and she was immediately taken to a local hospital where
doctors found a previously undiagnosed arrhythmia. While speaking to police Mr
Boyd said he was planning to scare geese away from their home and accidentally
shot his wife.
Later their son Steve gave
more details of the unbelievable story, “My father had said she hasn’t been
feeling well and it turns out that she has been having arrhythmia attacks.
A pacemaker was implanted
and Steve said later that his mother was ‘up and running around. Had this
accident not happened, my mom could have been gone at any time. You hate to use
cliches but this is a Christmas miracle.”
Cardiac arrhythmia is a
condition in which the electrical activity of the heart is irregular, faster,
or slower than normal. Although many arrhythmias are not life-threatening, some
can cause serious impairment of the cardiac function, up to the extreme of a
cardiac arrest.
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