Testimony of Healing January 7, 1991 Issue

Late in June 1984 our son woke on a Saturday morning feeling...

Gertrude J. Graham with contributions from Mark Graham

Late in June 1984 our son woke on a Saturday morning feeling ill. By that evening he was feeling much pain in his neck and finding it difficult to breathe and swallow. A Christian Science practitioner was called for help through prayer.

Throughout Sunday and into Monday there was swelling and he was feverish. The next morning his father wished to have a diagnosis, after observing the difficulty our son was having in breathing. The doctor gave a preliminary diagnosis of mononucleosis, and blood tests were taken. He said that there is no medicine to cure this disease, but he offered painkillers and a medication for the feverish condition. Our son chose not to take these. The official results of the blood tests were to come from the laboratory later.

The practitioner's prayerful work continued, and we began to see improvement. Our son was now able to pray for himself more, but it seemed very difficult for him to feel any joy. Indeed, he was beginning to feel very discouraged and sorry for himself. He was upset that he was missing his first week of work at his summer job and was concerned that he might lose the job. He was also concerned that he was unable to "work out" for football and that he might not make the team when training camp started in August. These fears were not helped by the doctor's earlier comments that it was unlikely that he would be able to do much of a physical nature for quite some time.

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