Alexandra Lanz

 

Alexandra Lanz 

I met Alexandra Lanz many years ago. Her son was in the same class as my son at primary school in Vienna. Alexandra Lanz very much impressed me. Here is her story.

Alexandra Lanz was alive. A young mother, a brilliant profession, a future, and a very unusual very hard past. When she was 14, Alexandra Lanz collapsed at school. She was taken to hospital. A very serious liver complaint.

She was to stay in hospital for the next 5 years.

Alexandra Lanz's life became a series of tests, suffering, and the same 4 dreary walls. Her friends came to see her. They were moving on into life. Alexandra Lanz's life was on hold. Her youth never happened at all. But, never the less, Alexandry Lanz knew she'd be better one day.

And, then, when the time came,  Alexandra Lanz's operation took place. A liver transplant. The first ever liver transplant in Austria. The operation was a total success. Alexandra Lanz began getting better again. But, it was during her operation that Alexandra Lanz experienced something quite special.

An out of body experience. Alexandra Lanz was floating gently above. The surgeons were working below. This out of body experience was the most moving and wonderful thing Alexandra Lanz had ever experienced.

And, then, being firmly back in her body once more, Alexandra Lanz started living again and at speed. She studied hard and became a surgeon, she got married to Harry, and, most amazingly, achieved the impossible. Alexandra Lanz gave birth to a beautiful son. A wonderful crowning moment. A few years later, her second son arrived. Another miracle had happened. Alexandra Lanz had been told that having a baby would always be out of the question. An impossibility. It just wouldn't happen.

Alexandra Lanz discovered that there is not only a life after death, but also, and more importantly, a life before death. And, now, with husband and two brilliant sons, Alexandra Lanz is living every moment to the full.

Alexandra Lanz. A serious illness, 5 years in hospital, A liver transplant, an out of body experience, a brilliant profession, Harry her husand, 2 charming sons, and, a life before death.

Alexandra Lanz – a woman of courage and faith. Written and read by Nigel A. JAMES