Heaven is for Real bookĭid the father, Todd Burpo, really lash out at God in private at the hospital? In order to explain how his son visited Heaven without dying, Todd remembered that the Bible discusses several people who had visited Heaven without dying, including John the apostle and a personal acquaintance of the apostle Paul. But he never did technically just flatline." "Well, he never flatlined or coded, but talking to the surgeon, he said children that young, they have no warning, vital signs don't fade, they're just there or they're gone. The real Todd Burpo stated this during an interview with Megyn Kelly on The Kelly File. Like in the movie, Colton's heart never actually stopped beating. After witnessing Colton's sudden turnaround, the nurse said that she believed it had to be a miracle.ĭid the real Colton Burpo ever technically flatline? She stressed that when the doctors say someone isn't going to make it, they don't. The nurse told Todd that the doctors had told them not to offer his family any encouragement, because they didn't think his son was going to make it. The true story behind the Heaven is for Real movie reveals that it was around this point in time that a nurse offered a few words in private, explaining to Todd that the doctors and nurses had expected Colton Burpo to die. We'll know more when we open him up."įollowing two surgeries to clean the poison out of his son's abdomen, Todd Burpo says that the doctors and nurses at Great Plains Regional Medical Center seemed amazed that shortly after they felt that they could do no more and recommended that Todd and Sonja take Colton to a children's hospital, either in Omaha or Denver, Colton's bowels suddenly started to work again and his worsening condition improved dramatically. Timothy O'Holleran (pictured) said, "He's not in good shape. In the book, Colton's father writes that Dr. After assessing the situation, the hospital staff knew Colton's condition was bad. Timothy O'Holleran (right) who operated on Colton Burpo. Family, friends, friends of friends, and acquaintances began sending them money, which helped them significantly.Īctor Rob Moran (left), who portrays the surgeon in the movie, and the real Dr. After Colton was discharged, they were faced with a stack of accumulated bills that totaled around $23,000, and there were more on the way. Just when Todd's shattered leg was finally almost behind him and it seemed like things had begun to turn a corner, they quickly found themselves back in the hospital for a near two week long stay following Colton's burst appendix. He says that the family's bank account had been drained to such a degree that he could almost hear "sucking sounds" when the statements came in the mail. In the Heaven is for Real book, the real Todd Burpo mentions that the year prior to Colton's emergency surgery was a rocky one, with injury and illness that included a shattered leg, two surgeries, kidney stones, and a cancer scare. Were Todd Burpo and his family financially stable? Like in the movie, Colton was initially too afraid to hold the spider, but his desire for a sticker convinced him to hold Rosie just prior to leaving. Colton's father did not make a special trip back to the "invertebrate zoo" after the surgery. Yes, Colton did hold Rosie the tarantula, but he held her during the family's initial trip to the Butterfly Pavilion, prior to his surgery. It was later that day, while still in Greeley, that Todd's 3-year-old son's condition took a drastic turn for the worse, eventually landing the boy in the operating room fighting for his life. They did visit the Butterfly Pavilion (pictured below). Colton, his mother, and his older sister Cassie left that day to meet Colton's father, Pastor Todd Burpo, who had already traveled to Greeley, Colorado, where he was scheduled to have a district board meeting for the Wesleyan church (the trip had a duel purpose and wasn't just a vacation like in the movie). By the next morning he was feeling better. Sonja took him to the doctor, who told her it was the stomach flu. Unbeknownst to his parents at the time, this was the first sign of appendicitis. What year did the events actually take place?Īccording to the Heaven is for Real true story, on Thursday, February 27, 2003, Colton Burpo, then three years and ten months old, complained to his mother Sonja that his stomach hurt. Colton Burpo, January 2012 ( 100 Huntley Street Interview) When my dad asked how long I was up in Heaven, for some weird reason I said 3 minutes, when I got to see the past when my dad played with Pop, the present where I got to see my dad preach, and my dad in his separate room giving his little prayer to God, and then the future, which is when the Armageddon is to happen.
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