D.O.A: I Came Back!

April, 1975: Mike's motorcycle is embedded in the side of a car, and Mike is practically dead on arrival. A gifted and promising medical student, he will stay in a coma six weeks. His family, realistic from years of missionary and medical background, know only too well this nightmare is really happening. Waking, he begins a three-year struggle "to relearn the basics of life - to remember his own name, to speak, to write, to dress himself, and then to find purpose and direction through trust in the infinite care and healing of the Great Physician." writes his sister, Dr. Suzanne Veldhuis-Kuipers. He regains entrance into medical school. But the struggle is far from over. His brother , Dr. Johannes D. Veldhuis, summarizes the ten year true story: "This lively account does not spare disappointment, but the frustrations are molded into a more robust and enduring faith... This book kindles our hopes and commitments."