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My daughter Linda’s first appointment to see the doctor after she was born took the very breath out of me. Dr. Galen, our family physician, told me that he thought she might have a Venus Heart Murmur. I was so stricken with fright and blamed myself for this because I was upset that she was not a boy. Amazing when you do not know the word of God how your mind will travel to the dark side. Psalm 18:28 For thou will light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my darkness. I asked the doctor what needs to be done. He gave me two choices; one to take her to a heart specialist or the second would be to bring her to Yale New Haven Hospital (YNHH). When I asked him which one would be the best way to go, his answer was YNHH. Linda was only a month old when I brought her to this hospital. They were extremely thorough; two doctors examined her separately. After both of their examinations, they came to me with this. The valve that closes to the heart to allow air into her lungs when she first cried after birth, never closed. What at first was a heart murmur turned out to be a hole in her heart.

For the next six years, I took her to the YNHH twice a year for check ups. I watched the little children in this section of the hospital that had this same problem; some had skin with a bluish tint of color caused by lack of oxygen in their bodies and some were very frail and sickly looking. Linda looked so healthy that you would not think anything was wrong with her. When she became tired during the day, she automatically would lay down on the couch and rest. I had to be very careful of her catching any kind of illnesses and infections especially in the respiratory area. It meant a very quick trip to the doctor’s office. Her next appointment would be six months later.

After her six month check-up at six years of age, I was told that she would only need to come back once a year to be seen. When the thirteenth year arrived, Linda was examined as usual by two separate doctors. After that the doctors told me they wanted two other doctors to see her. I became quite concerned as to what was going on. All these years only two doctors and now there are four who want to check her out, what is this all about? Finally they all came together and called me into the room to give me this most wonderful news a mother could hear. “The hole in Linda’s heart had closed up!” I could see on their faces that they were in shock; maybe stunned would sum it up. I believe they never had seen anything like this happen in this infamous hospital. I was so excited I could hardly contain myself. She is completely healed. This is truly a miracle. God healed her according to his word in 1Peter 2:24 He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed.

My daughter’s healing came within less than a year after I became Born Again and took Jesus as my Lord and Savior. What an awesome God we serve.

Glory and honor to the Great I Am! Amen.