From: "Ma. Lourdes Ting" <mlgting@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 11 Sep 2010 17:33:39 +0800
Subject: God's miracle for Lionel
Many of my dearest friends have sent messages and expressed their surprise and concern because I have been unable to reply to their numerous messages and have not been online for quite a while (since June to be exact).
I want to share with you what happened.
Lionel complained of discomfort in his right eye on June 10. I was very concerned because this was the same eye that was operated on for detached retina a few years back. I was overcome with worry when I saw that his eye was red and protruding. We rushed to the hospital and his retina specialist confirmed the protrusion but declared his retina and outer eye were normal. He underwent blood test that ruled out thyroid issues.
We needed to go to an orbit specialist and undergo brain and eye CT Scan to see behind the eye and inside the brain.
Things were going from bad to worse as I watched Lionel undergo simple physical test which he could not do. The doctor would ask him to roll his eyes upward,downward, sidewards. Lionel was not able to perform these simplest of tasks. His right eye simply would not move . I wanted to shout at him to move that goddamn eye!
His CT scan showed a tumor behind the eye that was as big as his eyeball already ( We had the film but the reading was to be released the next day). I asked the doctors the same questions over and over again, begging them to tell me that this was certainly not life threatening. I was looking for assurance that this was nothing extra ordinary but got a repeated " we do not know, we cannot rule out anything because only a biopsy will tell us what it is ". All of us were trying to evade saying the dreaded word.
I immediately texted my Divine Mercy family and luckily, Bro. Stanley was to give a talk that night. We went to Magallanes to listen to the talk and the veneration. It was very very important to me to be able to pray to the Divine Mercy because of the answered prayers we have already received since we began our devotion. Full of hope and prayer, we went and found hope in God's mercy.
The next day, we brought the official report to our doctor. The result only confirmed the grim diagnosis, however, Lionel's eye already showed improvement after our Divine Mercy encounter (the protrusion was measured and showed a decrease and he was able to move his eyes more, just after a day) even without any medications.
The next day, Fr. Fernando Suarez was also scheduled to celebrate a healing mass in our son's school, which we also attended. He advised us to pray repeatedly in a day, which we did religiously.
On our 3rd consecutive day at the doctor's office, Lionel was told to take steroids and pray for the best. Lionel also started to drink Chinese medicine.
Throughout this ordeal, we did nothing else but pray the Divine mercy chaplet and the rosary every 3am and 3pm. Trips to Our Lady of Manaoag and La paz, Tarlac were made more frequent. We also asked the help of our Divine Mercy family ,Fr. Kevin, Fr. Efren, Sr. Racquel Reodica and the Pink Sisters in New Manila to help us bombard the gates of heaven with prayers. My sister-in-law, Kathe, out of great concern and love for her brother would go to Quiapo regularly . Her daughter Kay would offer novenas to St.Jude every Thursday for her uncle.
On September 8 , Lionel underwent a second CT Scan that will determine the next course of action. We were given 2 scenarios (1) if the tumor decreased in size due to the steroids, we will observe and wait (2) if the tumor stayed the same or grew bigger, an operation will be scheduled. They will have to cut through the side of the skull to get it and pray its benign.
Bro. Stanley told me to pray for it's complete healing and for the tumor to disappear, not merely for it to shrink. I was afraid to pray for that because it seemed such a long shot for it to completely disappear, but I found strength in knowing Bro. Stanley, Trisha, Teresa, Lea, Beng, Ate Joy and the Pink sisters were praying for Lionel as well. I figured, I might as well aim high and claim our miracle. There is nothing impossible with our God anyway. Our requests are limited only by our lack of faith that God will literally move heaven and earth just to make us realize our great need for Him and His presence in our lives.
On Mama Mary's birthday, I told Jesus, let Lionel's healing be Your gift to Mama Mary because Our Lady of Manaoag , Our Lady of Lourdes and recently Our Lady of La Paz in Tarlac, have always played a vital role in our life.
On September 11, with Lionel's CT Scan film on hand we went to his doctor ( again the official result is yet to be released). There is no need for surgery because the tumor DISAPPEARED. Didn't the Lord say "My grace is sufficient for you, My strength is perfected in your weakness".
The greatest lesson my family learned : never ever question nor be timid in making grand prayer requests to the Divine Mercy through the intercession of Mama Mary, St. Joseph ,Padre Pio and ST. Filomena and our guardian angels. Regularly offer mass and pray for the souls in purgatory and pray for your friends, family and enemies without their knowledge because truly praying for another's well being is so powerful.It is the best gift we can give each other because we put their concerns before ours.
Put your trust in Jesus and believe He loves you. Never doubt His love for you and never doubt that our is a LIVING GOD. We may not know what tomorrow holds, but we know Who holds tomorrow.
Yours in Christ,
Ting family
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"Shoot for the moon. Even if you don't reach it, at least you'll be among the stars."
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