Over fifty years ago, at the age of twelve, I became very ill with a painful internal problem that kept me home from school. Our family doctor visited, but could not determine the name of this illness or its remedy. As I did not improve, I was placed in the hospital to see if other physicians could diagnose the difficulty, and it was decided that on the following morning an exploratory operation should take place.
At some point in my parents' travels they had learned of Christian Science, and they now decided to call a Christian Science practitioner for treatment through prayer for me. (As the doctors did not know the nature of the condition, I was receiving no medical treatment.)
The practitioner came to my hospital room that night after I was asleep. My mother later told me that the practitioner had told her with joy and spiritual conviction that all was well. The next morning I wakened completely well. No operation took place and there was no recuperative process. The healing was permanent—the condition never returned.
