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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