I met Melissa on
Medical Ward. She had fluid in her
lungs, around her heart and in her abdomen.
We had draining one of those areas one day, and the next day, another
part of her body needed drained.
Despite, continued taps, the fluid kept coming back. She had been on TB treatment (the most common
cause of the fluid), but it continued to come.
We decided to try chemotherapy for Lymphoma treatment, as the fluid was often
pretty bloody suggesting cancer – but the fluid kept coming. She had pain because of the fluid, she was
short of breath because of the fluid and no matter how much we took off – it kept
coming back.
After taking care
of her for 2 weeks (she had been in the hospital for over a month at this point),
and after doing all I thought we could, I talked to her and her husband about
going home. I pretty much told her, we
have tried everything we can, we don’t have anything else to try, and so instead
of sitting here dying of fluid overload, why don’t you go home to be with your
family. After a few days, they asked to
go home, and so despite the fluid throughout her body, I let her go, fully
expecting that would be the last time I saw her.
Instead about 2
weeks later she was back – not better, but no worse. 2 weeks after that, I walked into Bill’s room
to ask a question and found a women and her husband sitting there who looked
familiar and yet I couldn’t quite remember who she was, Bill told me it was
Melissa and I couldn’t believe it. She looked great, she didn’t look like the
Melissa from the hospital.
Over the next
month, we saw her a few more times and each time she was better and better –
despite us doing nothing to help her. I
just saw her this week and could only find a small amount of fluid near her
heart. She had no complaints, she said
she felt great and she looked great, a huge smile on her face. As we talked, I couldn’t help but by so happy
for her and for the miracle that God worked in her life. Melissa and her husband are Christians, we
prayed many times together in the hospital, and God heard those prayers and
many others and He cured her. I know it
was nothing we did, because everything we did made no difference, it was only
when she left and we quit trying that she got better. She is looking forward to Christmas remember the gift she has been given. 
