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This is Seth.
He loves climbing, bouncing with his brother
on the tarmpoline and playing baseball with
his Dad.
One day his mom noticed something was wrong.
His neck was very swollen.
Get to the doctor and she looked at him for
3 minutes and she said, “You need to get
to the hospital immediately.”
That was scary.
They did the CAT scan and I remember they
came back and said “Well it’s a good thing
that we did this.”
Seth had an infection in his neck.
This doesn’t happen very often.
And we need to transfer you now.
You’re admitted to the hospital.
You can’t…He can’t eat at this point.
They might do surgery tonight.
His fever was going up real fast.
He was real miserable.
The doctor came in and said, “You also should
know that we saw a blood clot on the CAT scan.
A blood clot means that blood can’t move
around in the body like it normally does.
A blood clot isn’t like getting a cold or
catching the flu.
It doesn’t happen to many people.
And he sad, “but we’ll have to deal with
that after surgery.
You can’t deal with that before.”
And I remember thinking, “Blood clots?”
That seems kinda big.”
Seth was rushed to surgery where doctors fixed
the problem with his neck.
He would still have to stay in the hospital
for days.
One of those days, a baseball team came by
to visit.
They were helping kids to make crafts to make
them feel better.
They stayed a long time and it was really
fun.
A few days later, Seth was sent home.
He still had a blood clot so the family found
out that they’d have to give him shots.
To help clear the blood clot away.
Hopefully it would make it smaller and smaller
and eventually make it disappear.
But it would require a shot in the morning
and a shot in the night, every day 7:30, no
fail.
And that was intimidating because we had to
learn how to give shots.
Every time he got a shot he would get a bruise.
And so, any time he’s run, any time he’d
do anything…
they got sore.
Real sore.
His legs would get real sore.
He would limp a lot when he was running or
walking because it hurt.
Seth had to be very careful when he was on
this special medicine.
He felt powerless.
At recess, I couldn’t play any sports.
I couldn’t do a thing.
I couldn’t play on the jungle gym and I
hated not being able to climb things.
That was my favorite activity in the world.
Seth had to trust in God's power.
In the Bible, the book of Ephesians says, "This is the same mighty power that raised Christ from the dead."
God's power got Seth through a hard time.
A few days later, the family went to see the
baseball team that visited Seth while he was
at the hospital.
I have a glove with them all signed and I
have a helmet with it all signed.
I really loved it.
It’s so amazing how God puts people in our
lives to help with hard times.
After weeks of treatment, Seth went to the
doctor for a checkup.
They did an ultrasound of his neck and they
saw there was no clot left which was miraculous
in and of itself and they said you’re good
to go!
You don’t need to do any more shots.
You can go home and you’re shots free.
Seth is now back to playing, running and climbing.
And his family is very thankful that God healed
him.
Remember, that when you’re powerless…Jesus
rescues.
