The Miracle Baby

Bridget - Perth, Scotland

Hello, my name is Bridget, and I'd like to tell you what has happened to me over the last few years.

I was completely healthy until 1997, when I suddenly recognized a certain numbness in the left-hand side of my body. As this condition got worse I consulted a doctor, but he couldn't help me. One day I collapsed and was taken to hospital, where it was discovered that I had already suffered several small strokes. Consequently I was put on strong blood thinning medication, but nevertheless suffered another stroke.

No doctor could help. Although I was passed from specialist to specialist, no doctor was able to give me a diagnosis. I am not diabetic, have no high blood pressure, I am not overweight, did not take “the pill,” am a non-smoker, and there were no genetic causes. As no reason was found, it didn't seem like there was a solution for my “problem.” It was not an easy time for me.

Close to death. After a couple of months I had problems again and went to the hospital. With an ultrasound scan, they found a blood clot and a damaged blood vessel in my neck, which they wanted to operate on. During this operation my life was hanging by a thread, and I had another stroke and became paralyzed on one side of my body. After that, I was at first unable to take care of myself and had to go to a rehabilitation clinic to learn to dress myself and so on. It took me nine months to relearn and be able to work again.

Because the last few strokes had happened whilst I was on blood thinning medication, I lost my confidence in these drugs. Not only did they fail to offer any protection, they also have many side effects and can harm the body. I started praying that the Lord would show me what was wrong with my health.

Some time later our pastor started teaching about nutrition and healthy food, i.e. drinking lots of water, taking vitamins, minerals, eating wholegrain and organic food and reducing sugar and chemicals in one's food. I changed my diet and gained the faith to survive without medication. My health condition became stable over several years and there were no more strokes.

More to come. I had always wanted to have a baby and was very excited when I fell pregnant in 2002, but sadly I lost the baby in the 18th week due to a stroke in the placenta. I fell pregnant a second time, but sadly that baby also died at the same stage of the pregnancy. When I lost a third baby, I had a thrombosis in the portal vein, and my life was in danger as well. My health was in a miserable condition for months and I was in pain because I had life threatening varicose veins popping up in the gullet and stomach that had to be treated regularly.

When my health failed to improve, an operation was suggested to implant a bypass. As this kind of thrombosis is very rare, the doctors had little experience in this kind of operation. I decided to pray again, asking God in Heaven if He had a solution... and He did! When I went for the next check up, the scan showed that there were newly created blood vessels which bypassed the blocked vein! So the operation was cancelled.

The deadline. Meanwhile my husband and I also considered adopting or fostering a child and prayed that God would show us what to do. We set a date for a final decision. Three days before this date, I found out that I had fallen pregnant! Oh boy, you should have seen the reaction of one of the doctors, who nearly fell off his chair. He suggested aborting the child, because another pregnancy would endanger my life.

Inspired by the book “Healing the Sick” by T. L. Osborn, I started praying again to obtain a vision for healing. Shortly after that, our pastor started teaching about certain food supplements and glyconutrients. I did some research and was very impressed by the number of diseases that people had recovered from by using these food supplements. I also received the answer that no doctor had been able to give me: that the deterioration of my health had been triggered years ago, when I ate lots of chocolate and drank gallons of diet drinks. We found out that there is a definite link between refined sugar and chemicals in food, and the decline of the vital nutrients in the body. There is also a link between the lack of certain micronutrients and the damage to the blood vessels, which was actually the cause of the strokes.

The vision came true. Supported by lots of people in our church, and my husband Stephen praying for me, the Lord gave me the faith that I would be healed. In a vision I could see myself as a healthy person, giving a testimony on a stage about my healing. After some weeks of taking the glyconutrients and other food supplements, and sticking to a healthy diet in general, I could already feel that I had more strength. As my whole health condition with the thrombosis was very dangerous, I had an ultrasound every fortnight and I stayed in hospital for several months. The doctors were very concerned about my health and an emergency kit was always outside my room. It seemed all the doctors at the university clinic knew about my case! Although we argued about the dangerous side effects of some of the medication which the doctors wanted to give me, the head doctor of the maternity ward was actually very encouraging.

All the doctors and nurses, and my husband Stephen and many people from our church took care of me, and our `prayer team` prayed for me daily. As the Lord gave us faith, we stayed quite calm in this difficult situation. Not only were the answers I got on how to regain my health an answer from God, but I also experienced several miracles. Our little boy Josiah David was born by caesarean section two months early – as a precaution on my doctors' advice. As the tiny boy of 1.7 kg couldn't breathe by himself, he was on a ventilator and we immediately prayed that he would start breathing. Six hours after the birth he pulled out the tube, which was firmly fixed to his mouth and deep down his throat, and started breathing! The doctor came running to me with the words: “I cannot believe it! He took himself off the ventilator!” Our miracle boy is very lively, happy and completely healthy despite all the warnings of the doctors!

We feel great and praise the Lord for His wonderful leading and healing. With God all things are possible!

Bridget, Stephen & Josiah