“Miracle Man” Opens Aboriginal Restaurant
Tuesday, May 15, 2007 at 14:42
A First Nations man who has made an incredible recovery from a damaged brain stem is opening a new restaurant in the Battlefords.
Lyndon Lerat suffered from debilitating seizures and lost a lot of weight until his condition was diagnosed a few years ago.
Lerat’s health was so poor, he had even started to make arrangements for his own funeral.
In fact, he is sure he passed on to the spirit world while undergoing an 8-hour operation that was originally scheduled to last five hours.
After the surgery, Lerat had to re-learn basic functions like walking and swallowing.
During that time, he visited a sweat lodge, where he was given the Indian name “Medicine Bear”.
He says he began walking just two weeks after that visit, and attributes his recovery to that experience and to modern medicine.
At one point, he was even nicknamed “Miracle Man” for having survived such an ordeal.
His restaurant specializes in Aboriginal foods, including 18 of his very own bannock varieties.
He says he refined his bannock recipes when he was sick, because he was so weak at the time that all he could do was cook.
Lyndon’s Aboriginal Cuisine is located in downtown North Battleford.
Lerat says he will be having an official grand opening in the very near future.