A miracle in my life.....

It was a Wednesday September 21, 2011 at work. I had not been feeling to well dizzy, nauesea, and my back was really hurting. I decided to go and see our occupational health nurse. Well not long after chatting with her I was on my way to the Emergency room in Worcester, MA. What seemed to take forever was actually not long at all. As if by her own miracle my wife was in the ER with me. Seems like you tell the same story 1000 times while you are there. Whats wrong? What hurts? What were you doing when this happened? Then they tell you,"well we are going to keep you here for observation". Suddenly it seems all else stops. Now you are a plastic name band with your birthday and Doctors name on it.

You don't sleep in the ER you close your eyes and then they poke you with something else. Surrounded by genuinely wonderful people it's hard to focus on the world around you. I prayed a lot. No I mean it. I prayed a lot! Night time comes more pain meds. Long night ahead "help me Lord I pray". Not knowing is very painful. Trusting in God is something I happily embrace. I have no control here at all. Only he can answer my questions I know. Around 10:00am a Doctor comes in with her students around her like ducklings around their Mommy duck. She is short and round. Abour 5 feet 1 inch and carries herself like a drill sargeant. "Good morning she says with great confidence"! Then the questions start. "Stand up she says". I rise slowly. "Do this, do that, look at this, stand on one leg". I obey as best I can. "You have strabisimus". This I learn is a term for eye muscles that are basically out of control. This is what is causing my double vision,dizziness,nausea. So now what I ask? Oh well you need to see a neuroopthamologist!She says to us. My wife and I are like two little kids. What about my chest and back pain I ask? "Oh she says that you'll have to see the spine clinic about".

Three weeks later I have not been at work because the double vision keeps me from driving, reading, typing, so I'm praying a lot. My eyes are so bad one going in one direction the other eye in another I have to buy clip on shades to cover up the "vision issue". I noticed in trying to talk to people it was hard for them to look at me and the dancing eyeballs. Yeah, Ok it was hard for me to look at them too. It is hard for most to hide pity and we feel a need to look away.

Yesterday was my appointment with the "eye specialist". We were excited finally answers! Into Boston, Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary! World reknown leader in medical knowledge!My back is so bad I can't walk up so my wife gets me a wheel chair. Dizzy,broken and hopeful we make our way up to the 9th floor. We meet the Doctor and two hours of examination later they say "there is nothing we can do for you medically. It may go away on its own or it may not." I am like"are you kidding me!" No he says. Sorry.

My wife and I leave kinda in a fog. She looks at me and crys. I join her crying. "Can you believe this", I say. We pull away into the Boston traffic heading for home. You know what I say to my wife? Tonight when we are going to bed we are going to pray and I would like you to take some Holy water I got from Lourdes and bless my eyes. So,we did exactly that! My wife dipped her finger in the Holy water and blessed my eyes in the name of the Father Son and Holy Spirit! Today my eyes are perfect! All day no problems! ! Not once! No double vision! No dizziness! PRAISE GOD! PRAISE GOD! I am typing my little fingers off to tell all! We must always do what we know to do. But never ever never forget that GOD is IN CONTROL! I am here to testify to the truth of this miracle.