God of Wonders...

Psalm 84:4-5: "Blessed are those who dwell in Your house, they will still be praising You! Blessed is the man whose strength is in You..."

I can assuredly testify to the power and grace of God after He miraculously healed me last week! Here is how it happened:

On Wednesday morning at around 6:30 I awoke with a searing, stabbing pain in my lower back and abdomen. I have never experienced anything so painful and immediately knwe that something very bad was happening. I woke my husband and he tried to soothe me and held me, but we soon realised that I was in need of medical attention. He brought the baby in so I could nurse him, while he called my mom to come over and be with the children.

We arrived at the emercency room at around 7:00 am and by this time I could hardly stand up by myself anymore. The pain was excruciating. A doctor examined me and I was put on a drip and given some strong painkillers, while blood was drawn for tests. My darling husband was next to me all the time and I know how hard it was for him to see me in so much pain and be unable to make it better. He prayed over me continually, as did my sister who lives 12 hours away. It was only after a second dose of painkillers that I started to experience relief and that I was calm enough to be taken for an ultrasound and abdominal X-ray, both of which confirmed renal colic, or, as we know it, kidney stones. I was told that a urologist would be in to examine be to determine whether surgery was necessary and that I had to also go for a CT scan in the meantime.

I was admitted as a patient and moved to a ward at around 11:00 am, where I waited to see the urologist. By this time I felt absolutely no pain anymore, but was very nauseaous from the painkillers I had been given. I was also very worried about my baby. I hadn't nursed him since 7:00 am and the emergency room doctor told me that I could not breastfeed with all the medicine they gave me (I had been telling them all along that I am nursing...), and suggested that I get hold of a bottle and some formula. (The poor man was ill informed and had no idea how strong I feel about nursing my babies. I soon got my La Leche League Leader on the line, who promptly made some inquiries about the medicine I was given and called back within five minutes to tell me I could go ahead and feed my boy!)

But back in the ward I was really anxious about having to undergo surgery. The nursing staff were not able to tell me whether arrangements could be made to keep my baby with me for the night, and as we do not have any medical aid, I was really worried about having to stay overnight. I had send an sms to my cell leader's wife and another friend in Christ, and I know they were all praying for me.

It was 16:30 by the time the urologist finally arrived. He didn't examine me, but asked some questions and then pulled up a chair next to my bed (THAT made me nervous!) He then explained that the ultrasound and abdominal X-ray that was performed earlier that morning had shown very swollen kidney pipes, indicating the presence of kidney stones, but....that the CT scan that was taken about an hour later, revealed absolotely NO signs of any swelling at all!! And here's the miracle part: I had not used the toilet in all this time, so it was not possible that I could have passed the stones, either!

I was released soon after, with the side-effects of the pain medication being the only thing wrong with me. I praise God for this miraculous healing! We serve  a mighty, awesome God who is is powerful  to save and deliver us in our hour of need. He gives us all good things and I will praise His name for what He has done for me. And because of His greatness I now also declare that I will not fret about the hospital bills that are due to start arriving this week - I put my trust in Him to supply in my every need.