Testimony of Healing May 31, 2004 Issue

Effects of eye injury quickly healed

Gordon Beal

Some years ago, my wife, our youngest daughter, and I were on a family vacation at a state park in northern California. We were trailer camping with some other friends, and after nearly a week of camp cooking, we decided to go out to a restaurant for dinner as a special treat.

As I waited for the time to leave, I busied myself checking under the hood of our car. I found crystals of battery acid electrolyte on the battery post. Usually I would remove the crystals by adding a small amount of water and some baking soda, which neutralized the acid in the crystals. After the foaming subsided, I would brush away the residue. But this time I didn't have any baking soda, so I decided just to brush off the crystals.

One of the crystals landed in my eye, which caused immediate and severe burning. In my training as a project engineer for various industrial facilities, we sometimes worked with acids and would require that an "eye bubbler fountain" be nearby in case of an acid-splash emergency. Remembering this, I staggered over to a campsite water faucet and applied the water in my cupped hand to my face. When the water touched my eye, there was extreme pain.

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