He was wearing white robes with a purple sash and He just came down nicely and gracefully.”Ĭolton continued to talk about Jesus having 'markers,' so eventually Todd had to ask what he meant by 'markers?' Todd asked Colton, “What did Jesus look like?Ĭolton remembered, “I knew that the first person I saw was Jesus. “Jesus and some angels came and flew me up to heaven.”

“And that’s where I got to see heaven,” said Colton. It wasn’t until four months after we got out of the hospital that we finally listened to our son.” Or maybe they thought he was under anesthesia and he wasn’t. “And I remember my son in that room tlooking up at me and he says ‘Dad, do you know I almost died?’ And my first thought was that maybe he overheard the nurse say that. “And I’m sitting there with him,” says Todd. 'And then I remember the nurse coming out,'Is Colton's daddy out here?' I'm said, 'Yes.'Ěnd the nurse said, 'Well, Colton is in recovery and he is screaming for you.'' 'We were in the waiting room maybe an hour and a half total,' says Todd. 'I was calling anyone on the other line to get Colton on the prayer chain because it was bad.' 'I was calling our prayer chain,' remembers Sonja. And I remember telling him, 'God, after all I've done for you, and now you're gonna take my kid? Is this how you treat your pastors?'' 'Then I went back to the pre-op room and I was finally alone,' remembers Todd. I remember them taking him away and him just yelling at me, 'Daddy, don't let them take me. It was just us and Colton wasn't even moving.' says Todd. 'It was at that moment we were looking at each other and I remember my wife holding Colton in that hallway. 'We need to have surgery on your son.''Ĭolton's mom Sonja remembers, 'it was tough, seeing your boy lifeless, when he was a very vibrant child.' 'They separated us from everyone else and someone came and started talking to us. 'We knew we were in bad shape when the nurse said, 'You need to come out to the hallway.'' recalls Todd. His doctor discovered his appendix had burst and infection was spreading in his body. 'At first we thought he had the stomach flu because the Doctor said it was going around.'Ĭolton's condition only got worse as the days passed. 'He started throwing up in the toilet,' remembers Todd.

His father, Todd, wrote about the near death experience in the book, Heaven is for Real. CBN.com - Looking at Colton Burpo today you would never know that he almost died as a four year old in 2003.

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