Our Little Miracle - Part Two

So, here's the thing.

After I came to terms with the holes that had opened up in M's palate...the ones that were rather large...the ones that two different doctors told me were highly unlikely to heal...God did something miraculous...

He healed her.

That's right. All of the holes have closed up and completely healed. She has no holes in her palate anywhere. The surgeon searched thoroughly on Thursday and could not find even one tiny hole!

This is what I thought, as I hinted in this post, but I didn't want to put it out in the blogosphere until I had official confirmation.

Literally, one day I looked in M's mouth and the holes were there, and the next day I looked and they were gone.

Plus we got a bonus miracle when we were in St. Louis Thursday when we saw the infectious disease doctor. She said she found the bacteria that likely caused the infection. It is one that is commonly found in the mouth and usually harmless, but when there is mouth trauma - like surgery - it can cause bad infection. It is particularly hard to get rid of with 4-6 weeks of iv antibiotics and then 6 months of oral antibiotics. She said she told herself before she came in the exam room that she was going to have to be completely convinced there was no more infection or we would have to do the antibiotic therapy. She said M looked great but she did a CT scan, chest x-ray and blood work to make sure and she found no - as in zero - signs of infection.

Not only did God close up the holes in her palate, he completely healed her infection. No iv or oral antibiotics!

This is exactly what our prayer circle had been praying...that God would close the holes in her palate and heal her. I get goosebumps!

I am absolutely and completely amazed by our God. He has shown me his power to heal in an amazing, powerful and humbling way. This has been one of the most incredible years of my life as I have earnestly prayed for miracles and God has shown me his ability to perform miracles big and small.

He hasn't answered every prayer, but he has answered some of them in a very real and very extraordinary way. For those who haven't seen healing, I have cried, but I have also praised God for the little miracles he performed in even those situations. It makes me wonder how many miracles go on around me every day that I am unaware of. My prayer for this year is that God will open my eyes to more miracles and more opportunities for miracles and that God will help me to see even the tiny miracles are amazing displays of his love.