Testimony of Healing December 1, 1906 Issue

July 6, I904, I was taken severely ill, and suffered...

Donna L. Hewes

July 6, I904, I was taken severely ill, and suffered frequent attacks for several weeks, often being confined to my bed for three or four days. My faith in medicine was somewhat shaken, as I received no benefit whatever from the treatment of a local physician, but I concluded to secure advice from one in Portland, as a complication of troubles had arisen, giving me much apprehension. This physician predicted a cure in two weeks, but the pain still continued. I received electrical treatment for more than two months without relief, when I grew discouraged, and consulted an eminent Portland surgeon, who, after a thorough examination, advised me to go to the hospital at once. My husband and I were not satisfied to risk a hospital experience without trying every other means, so we consulted a Chicago physician, through correspondence with my son, who was attending a medical college in that city. Following his advice, I pursued a course of treatments which were of no avail. I still endured constant pain, at times so severe that opiates were administered, and never a day passed without the use of some powder to relieve the pain.

I was confined to the house, scarcely able to leave my room, and much of the time was obliged to remain in bed, scarcely caring if I lived or died. The weary days and weeks had dragged along until the last of March, when we finally decided that something must be done, and began making preparations for a journey to Chicago, looking forward to nothing but an operation. I was completely discouraged and hopeless.

Besides the physical suffering, there was the thought of expense, which had already amounted to a good deal. To this would be added the expenses of myself and husband to Chicago, and large fees while there, but we could see no other solution to the problem. During all these months my attention had been frequently called to Christian Science, but I considered my case too serious to trust to it. I used the usual argument, that it might help people suffering from nervous deseases, but I was too sick, there was something the matter with me, etc.; but at last, upon receipt of an urgent letter from my father, I decided to try it.

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