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On July 20, 2011, I went to work not feeling so good. My stomach hurt A LOT. By noon I was running a fever, and buckled over in pain. I went to see my doctor later that afternoon. He sent me straight to the Hospital as a direct admit. A few hours later, I was in surgery having my appendix removed. During the surgery, the surgeon found a hernia. He tried to repair it but was not able to during the procedure. After the surgery, he explained that I would have to come back in a month or two to repair the hernia. So, my simple 45 min appendectomy turned in to a 2 hour surgery with news that I would have to come back and have the hernia repaired.
All of this was actually no big deal, I planned on going back in Sept. for the 2nd surgery.
Fast forward to August 28th. That day, I was having problems with vision in my left eye. By the next morning, my vision in my left eye was blocked by a curtain in the top left and also the bottom left. I was a bit scared but felt fine. I called Cincinnati eye institute and they had me come in immediately. The ophthalmologist discovered that my left eye retina had detached and that my right eye retina had small tears in it. They sent me home with strict instructions to sit up and do nothing. I even had to sleep sitting up that night. The next day, I had surgery on both of my eyes. A laser procedure was done to repair the tears in my right eye. A procedure called a buck ell surgery was done on my left eye to reattach my retina.
The healing for this surgery, WAS a big deal. I could not see out of my left eye very well at all. My eye hurt and I experienced a lot of pain doing simple things like changing my focus. I had shooting pains which were very uncomfortable. The worst part was that I could not see much at all with my left eye, everything was blurry, I had double vision and could not judge depth. I was kind of down and sad about my left eye vision but was grateful and considered myself blessed to have good vision in my right eye.
Time went by and the eye healed slowly but the vision was not much better. Then on a Wednesday night in early November, Bro. Joe saw that my eye was bothering me. He asked if he could pray over it. I said yes so he and another Lighthouse Community member prayed for healing for me. While they were praying, Bro Joe put his hand up by my eye....while he did this, I had this weird tingling feeling in my eye. After they prayed over me, the Lighthouse member and I had a conversation. She shared with me that she had prayed for her sister who had an injured eye and her eyesight was totally healed. This made me hopeful. On my drive home that night,for some reason, I pulled over on my street and prayed in my car. I prayed in tongues for about 10 minutes. After I got home, I had this “nudge” to go outside IN THE RAIN. I was feeling very“spirit lead” so I decided to go ahead and go outside. I lifted my head and just let the rain drop on my face. It felt verypeaceful and cleansing and I felt especially close to Jesus at that moment.
A couple of days later, I had an appointment at the ophthalmologist. The tech did a general evaluation of my eye. The last part of the evaluation, she put charts up and I had to read them. I didn’t do so good and was a bit discouraged. BUT THEN, sheleft the room to report my evaluation results and numbers to the retinologist.The last chart was still up on the wall. When she left, I couldonly see the top line of the chart. I stared at that chart and blinked myeyes and slowly I saw the next four lines on the chart becomeclear. I couldn’t believe it. I excitedly told thetech. I asked if I saw more lines because I blinked or something. She said she didn’t think so, but wasn’t sure. I was encouraged by that visit. They next day, I had an appointment with the surgeon in order to get my hernia surgery scheduled. When the surgeon entered the exam room he shouted,” I remember you, I couldn’t get that hernia fixed while I was in there! I expected to see you back in September. I told him about the eye and he understood why I waited. Then he examined me. First he poked around on my belly button. Then he had me stand up while he pushed, then had me cough while he pushed, then he had me lay back down and he pushed some more. Finally, the surgeon said, ...It’s not there. It’s gone, I was in there and saw it and now I can’t find it. I can’t explain it.” I immediately started laughing and shouted....I CAN!!! And thanked God.
That was like an ah ha moment for me! I couldn’t believe it. It took me hearing the doctor say, Ican’t explain it” for me to realize that I had received not one but two healings. The hernia was gone and my vision was much, much better!!!
God is good. He surprises us when we least expect it. I am so grateful not to have another surgery. The hernia is gone!!! And the eye...well, it’s not 100% but it’s much better.
Praise God!!! Sue M. Cincinnati, OH
All of this was actually no big deal, I planned on going back in Sept. for the 2nd surgery.
Fast forward to August 28th. That day, I was having problems with vision in my left eye. By the next morning, my vision in my left eye was blocked by a curtain in the top left and also the bottom left. I was a bit scared but felt fine. I called Cincinnati eye institute and they had me come in immediately. The ophthalmologist discovered that my left eye retina had detached and that my right eye retina had small tears in it. They sent me home with strict instructions to sit up and do nothing. I even had to sleep sitting up that night. The next day, I had surgery on both of my eyes. A laser procedure was done to repair the tears in my right eye. A procedure called a buck ell surgery was done on my left eye to reattach my retina.
The healing for this surgery, WAS a big deal. I could not see out of my left eye very well at all. My eye hurt and I experienced a lot of pain doing simple things like changing my focus. I had shooting pains which were very uncomfortable. The worst part was that I could not see much at all with my left eye, everything was blurry, I had double vision and could not judge depth. I was kind of down and sad about my left eye vision but was grateful and considered myself blessed to have good vision in my right eye.
Time went by and the eye healed slowly but the vision was not much better. Then on a Wednesday night in early November, Bro. Joe saw that my eye was bothering me. He asked if he could pray over it. I said yes so he and another Lighthouse Community member prayed for healing for me. While they were praying, Bro Joe put his hand up by my eye....while he did this, I had this weird tingling feeling in my eye. After they prayed over me, the Lighthouse member and I had a conversation. She shared with me that she had prayed for her sister who had an injured eye and her eyesight was totally healed. This made me hopeful. On my drive home that night,for some reason, I pulled over on my street and prayed in my car. I prayed in tongues for about 10 minutes. After I got home, I had this “nudge” to go outside IN THE RAIN. I was feeling very“spirit lead” so I decided to go ahead and go outside. I lifted my head and just let the rain drop on my face. It felt verypeaceful and cleansing and I felt especially close to Jesus at that moment.
A couple of days later, I had an appointment at the ophthalmologist. The tech did a general evaluation of my eye. The last part of the evaluation, she put charts up and I had to read them. I didn’t do so good and was a bit discouraged. BUT THEN, sheleft the room to report my evaluation results and numbers to the retinologist.The last chart was still up on the wall. When she left, I couldonly see the top line of the chart. I stared at that chart and blinked myeyes and slowly I saw the next four lines on the chart becomeclear. I couldn’t believe it. I excitedly told thetech. I asked if I saw more lines because I blinked or something. She said she didn’t think so, but wasn’t sure. I was encouraged by that visit. They next day, I had an appointment with the surgeon in order to get my hernia surgery scheduled. When the surgeon entered the exam room he shouted,” I remember you, I couldn’t get that hernia fixed while I was in there! I expected to see you back in September. I told him about the eye and he understood why I waited. Then he examined me. First he poked around on my belly button. Then he had me stand up while he pushed, then had me cough while he pushed, then he had me lay back down and he pushed some more. Finally, the surgeon said, ...It’s not there. It’s gone, I was in there and saw it and now I can’t find it. I can’t explain it.” I immediately started laughing and shouted....I CAN!!! And thanked God.
That was like an ah ha moment for me! I couldn’t believe it. It took me hearing the doctor say, Ican’t explain it” for me to realize that I had received not one but two healings. The hernia was gone and my vision was much, much better!!!
God is good. He surprises us when we least expect it. I am so grateful not to have another surgery. The hernia is gone!!! And the eye...well, it’s not 100% but it’s much better.
Praise God!!! Sue M. Cincinnati, OH