Janis Woods
Janis Woods
Janis Woods
Janis Woods
Janis Woods
Janis Woods

Obituary of Janis Woods

Most people call me Miracle Jamomma or MJ for short. I was born on June 10th 1945 in a little town called Drexel which is in Burke Co NC. My mom took me to church all the time; therefore I thought I was a Christian. I never did anything really bad to think I wasn’t. When I was 19 I got pregnant by my boyfriend at the time that was in the Army. When he found out the Army transferred him somewhere and had an attorney contact me. The attorney accused me of slandering my boyfriends name and said I had to stop with the false allegations or they would file charges against me. I knew I couldn’t keep this baby and raise him the way I would want to. I moved to Washington DC and lived in a home for pregnant women until the baby was born. I signed the adoption papers and seven days after his birth they took him away. Not too long after that I found out I had Hodgkin’s lymphoma, probably due to the stress of giving away my son. I was told I would never be able to get pregnant again. About ten years later I met my husband in Pittsburgh PA. We got married and after many miscarriages I got pregnant and didn’t miscarry, but I was told this baby wouldn’t make it either. Later in the pregnancy I was told the baby would be extremely small and would deliver early. Two days after my due date I birthed a healthy, almost 9lb little girl. When my daughter was going to seminary in KY, she invited me to a women’s retreat. I really didn’t want to go but for some reason I did. It was an amazing weekend. I saw people who lived for Jesus Christ. I saw what I now know as the Holy Spirit moving in and through people. I saw a fire that I had never seen before, a spark in people’s lives. I realized that weekend that I had always known who Jesus was in my head, but I had never asked him into my heart and to lead my life by the power of the Holy Spirit. On February 19, 2003 I entered into a relationship with Jesus Christ and my life has never been the same. I wish I could tell you my life has been roses since then, but the reality is that because of the radiation I was given for the Hodgkin’s lymphoma, I developed breast cancer in 2006. After a double mastectomy and chemotherapy I was in remission again. In 2009 I was diagnosed with Thyroid cancer and had my thyroid removed. Again, another remission. I met my son Mark during this time and learned I had 3 beautiful grandchildren. I love bowling and became the president of the league. These were some of the most amazing years of my life. In 2010 I was diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. It looked like the number 7 on the scan across my chest. It was in the lymph nodes and was non operable. I was told I could take chemotherapy again, but because of the type of cancer this would be a stronger chemo that my doctor called “the killer chemo”. He said if the chemo worked, at most I would have 2 years to live. He said if I didn’t choose to do the chemo I wouldn’t live much longer. My doctor said I would not see any improvement in the reduction of the cancer until after the second round of chemo. After my first round of chemotherapy I went into congestive heart failure and developed pneumonia and was hospitalized. After a few days of being in the hospital I could not breathe on my own and I was put on a ventilator. The next 13 days I was on the vent and I was told I was given the strongest antibiotics known to doctors but I was not healing. After the 13th day I was able to breathe on my own but I was still extremely sick. I was taken off the vent the day after Christmas. For the next several days I was told my breathing became more labored and I was still not healing from the pneumonia. I was not able to hold in my tube feedings and I was not gaining any nutrition by any means into my body. My daughter tells me that on December 30th the doctors told her they had done all they could do for me and my family had to decide whether or not to put me back on the ventilator. They knew I wouldn’t want that so the doctors just kept me comfortable. My daughter tells me that tons of people stayed up all night that night and prayed for me. Sahara walked into the hospital room really early on the 31st and saw me sitting up and talking almost like nothing had happened. Remember the doctor saying I had to have 2 rounds of chemo before there would be any change in the cancer? On the next scan the cancer had reduced by over 50% everywhere and 100% in most places. And on the scan after that it had completely been taken out of my body. Unfortunately in August 2011 the cancer returned. I was able to tell so many people about Jesus when I was being rolled around in my wheelchair and eventually when I was in Hospice care. Now I’m watching over you from Heaven. I asked Jesus to take me peacefully in my sleep which He did. Now I am healed for forever. I am so blessed to say I have been healed twice. What more is there to say? Do you know Jesus Christ? Service Information
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