Over the last two years the Lord has given me the opportunity to witness miraculous healing by himself the Great Physician. I am excited to share these with you. I have withheld the names of the patients for their privacy. Some of you may recognize your story.
I was on call on this particular weekend and was at church on a Saturday night when I got paged to the ICU. The nurse explained that it was a 16 year old patient of another physician that we were covering. This particular patient had had a massive head injury following an automobile accident. The nurse explained that they had just returned from taking him to the CAT scanner for x-rays of his brain when they noticed that both of his pupils became fixed and dilated. In layman’s terms this means brain death.
The nurse and I covered just about everything we could think of to make a difference but all hope was lost. I sadly explained to the nurse that there was nothing else we could do and told her I would call her after church to arrange for a brain flow study to document the brain death and inform his parents of what had happened.
I returned to my my seat in church and sat down. The pastor was in the middle of his sermon and he just stopped. He said “I feel like I need to stop for a minute and have us all bow our heads and give thanks to the Lord for all he has done for us.” I bowed my had and started my usual list of all that I am thankful for when I suddenly stopped and prayed Lord you have done so much for me! Please Lord heal this boy so that his parents won’t loose him and they can give you thanks. Do this for them Lord!
Church ended and we were heading out with friends for dinner when I made the call to the nurse. This is what she said with great excitement. “About five minutes after I hung up with you he woke up! His pupils have returned to normal and he is trying to move.” I told her that that was at the exact time I was praying and she said I was praying for him too.
I hung up the phone and sat in utter silence. Those with me broke the silence, worried that something was wrong. I opened my mouth an mouthed these words that I had been longing to say. The Lord saved that boy from death. He healed him!
I was feeling strange all night. That same night the 16 year old boy in the room next to him lost his life. I was praying hard. Why this boy Lord? Why not the other boy? What am I supposed to do with this? The Lord spoke and told me that He wanted me to tell his parents that He healed him. OK Lord but I don’t even know them and he wasn’t my patient.
The next morning, nervous, I found myself walking into his room. His parents were at his bedside. I introduced myself and told them that I was on call the night prior and what had happened. The skin then stood up all over me as I told them that the Lord had healed their son. His mother stood up with tears running down her face and said “I know, we were praying too.”
I walked out of that room knowing something supernatural had just taken place. I thanked the Lord for using me then said but please don’t make me do that again.
I understand from that boys physician that he not only made a quick and miraculous recovery but he has healed completely and was able to return to school in just 6 weeks. His doctor could only explain this recovery as nothing short of a miracle.
