Juggling six kids and multiple businesses sometimes makes Christina and Brad Cowherd feel like they’re living in a circus. So, perhaps it’s only natural that Christina would become a trapeze artist in her spare time. Little did she know, her hobby would uncover a need for life-saving brain surgery.
To celebrate her 40th birthday, Christina and a friend traveled to southern Florida for a special trapeze session. The outing was a great memory of stress-relieving fun to celebrate her big milestone.
But on the way back to their homes in central Florida, Christina told her friend, “I’m almost seeing two of everything. You’re going to need to drive home.”
She scheduled an appointment with her eye doctor who quickly ordered an MRI. After the scan, Christina was told that she had a very large brain aneurysm and that she needed to go directly to the ER.
Brad recalls, “We rushed to the local ER who did more imaging and decided it was a little complicated. They gave us odds we didn’t like. We then traveled to Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville and found a surgeon who was confident he could repair the aneurysm and she could fully recover.”
A few days later, Christina went into surgery there at Mayo. Despite what the couple admits was a scary situation, they felt comforted knowing that their Christian brothers and sisters at Medi-Share were behind them.
The Cowherds have been Medi-Share members for over a decade. Being self-employed believers, the choice to join Medi-Share made the most financial and spiritual sense for their family. They’ve welcomed four of their six children while being Medi-Share members and thus had developed confidence in the sharing model. While this aneurysm surgery was the most serious health challenged the family had ever faced, they didn’t worry about the financial aspect at all.
“Medi-Share was with us the whole way,” Brad says. When large bills started to arrive, Medi-Share followed procedure, negotiated a lump sum payment, and shared the bills as planned. In addition, Christina says that having prayer and community support was huge for her as she recovered.
Christina is now able to enjoy her beautiful, circus-like life to the fullest again. And the Cowherds say they continue to tell others of how Medi-Share stepped up when they needed it most. When people ask about their experience, Brad says every time, “It’s the same story: Medi-Share is trustworthy.”
We’re grateful for the Cowherds partnership in our Medi-Share community. We thank the Lord for his healing in Christina and pray for many years of stress-free soaring to come!
