I know this is a touchy subject for people, understandably so. But, for what it's worth, I am going to share what I know and my experience. I have some friends at church who have a daughter who was diagnosed with CF at 18 months old. She is now about 38 years old and has not been sick since she was around 5 years old. Yes, they believe she was healed. She has two children and is a professional singer with a voice like Mariah Carey. Their testimony is powerful and amazing. I wish I could share all of the details with you, but there is so much!
To me, their whole family are like angels from heaven, used to instill faith and hope in the broken hearted. This is what they have done for me anyway, when my baby was diagnosed in January. I have never had to stand so strong in faith, as I did when it came to the life of my son. These people have inspired and encouraged me like no one I've ever known. I do not pretend to have all of the answers, but I do know that God has never been more present in my life than he has been throughout this ordeal. I do not know why things happen as they do, especially why any child must suffer from sickness, but my family has chosen to trust God. What you may (or may not) find interesting is that after my son was diagnosed, we attended a healing mass and our family was prayed for. The lady praying had a vision of angels when she prayed for my son. She saw one of the angels with a scroll and he told her that he was writing a new diagnosis. This may sound silly, but I found it comforting and I believed. Well, after nearly 9 months of being symptom free, and further testing that does not support his original diagnosis, we were told (today) that his diagnosis would be changed after his 1st birthday when they test his vitamin levels and do one last sweat test. Maybe he had a fluke of (several) bad tests done in the past. Maybe he really was healed...All I know is that all of the tests being done now are not supporting a CF diagnosis, as they did just a few months back. I wish I could say for certain that my son will never experience classic CF symptoms, but I do know that God will carry us through. I will just continue to trust and know that whatever happens, God is with us, I do know that for certain. He placed perfect peace on my husbands heart the day we were given the heartbreaking diagnosis and that peace remains with him to this day. I wish I could say that I have been as trusting this whole time, but there have been times that I've worried myself silly. I am getting better everyday. As a mother, I think that's pretty natural. By the way, we were also told that the doctors were going to be baffled by my son, and this has proven to be so very true. There is so much more to our story and our faith journey, but I hope this helps. Every day that my son is healthy, every test that comes back negative, every breath, every smile, everything feels like miracles to me now!!! I look at life so differently and with so much appreciation.
It seems like I read a post on here not long ago about a young girl who thought she had CF her whole life and recent tests are proving otherwise..."miracle" was in the title I think.
Anyway, there is a book called Life Giving Love by Kimberly Hahn with a letter from a mother who has twins who were healed from CF. It is a true story, but you'd have to contact the author to see about getting the personal information.
I met a lady at my daughter's dance class who had a friend whose young son was healed from CF. Don't know all the details, but I just wanted to throw that in there because these people are out there! By the way, if you'd like to contact my friends about their experience with their daughter, I would be happy to send you their contact information after getting permission. I sincerely hope that you find what you are looking for. Peace be with you and Good Luck!!!
Misty
