Testimony of Healing May 18, 1998 Issue

Newborn infant fully recovers

Richard Price with contributions from Connie Price

When we went to the hospital for preparation for the delivery of our first child, everything seemed fine. You can imagine the immense shock, therefore, when the attending physician came out of the delivery room to tell me that he would have to perform a Caesarean section procedure for my wife. At this time, my wife was not a Christian Scientist, and it was clearly her wish that this procedure be done. Of course, I respected her choice.

When the procedure was completed and the child was delivered, the child needed more attention and care than this hospital could provide. Though my wife was not conscious at this time, I did what she would have wanted and accompanied the ambulance that took our baby to the neonatal intensive care unit of a very large hospital. The doctor expected that the baby would be in the intensive care unit for months, and she warned that even if the baby pulled through, there might be serious long-term effects.

As I had relied on prayer for healing all my life, I prayed earnestly for my own peace and calm! After spending some time with our baby, I went back to the first hospital to visit my wife. It was very painful for her to hear the news about our baby, and it was hard for me to see her response. So I told my wife that I would like to rely on Christian Science treatment for our baby, that I had confidence in it, and that she could, too. I realized that this was really asking a lot, and I urged her to take her time and think about it.

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