Just before she became pregnant, Pam (Tebow) fell into a coma after contracting amoebic dysentery, a bacteria transmitted through contaminated drinking water.
Her treatment required a series of strong medications. As a result of those medications, doctors told Pam the fetus had been irreversibly damaged, and they strongly advised her to have an abortion.
She refused because of her faith, she said.
Pam spent the last two months of her pregnancy on bed rest, and on her due date — Aug. 14, 1987 — she gave birth to a healthy baby boy, who she described as “skinny, but rather long.”
This is a great example for all those mothers who are pressured to kill their children for whatever “health” risks their doctors might find during their pregnancy. The fact is, you and your doctors never know exactly what will happen or what kind of extra special child you’re carrying within you (maybe the first freshman Heisman Trophy winner?) so why not err on the side of life? I have never known parents who have regretted choosing life, even if that life lasted but a few hours or died within the natural course of the pregnancy.
Tim Tebow certainly is a special guy, and would be even without his incredible football talent, with extra-special parents and the Gator Nation is blessed to have him.
See my previous post: How ‘Bout that Gator?