Miraculous Recovery After Bone Marrow Transplant
When our son Jonas was 11 months, he was diagnosed with a rare form of leukemia. The doctors advised for Jonas to go for a bone marrow transplant as there was no cure for the disease and chemotherapy might not work.
When Jonas underwent chemotherapy, we were so grateful when the doctors said that the treatment was successful, and a transplant was not needed.
However, in September last year, during Jonas’ follow-up, we were informed that he had suffered a relapse. This time, the doctors said that he had to go through a transplant. We felt really discouraged and disappointed.
So, in December last year, Jonas went for his transplant. We were told after the transplant, that before he could be discharged, his immunity count had to hit at least 0.5 for three consecutive days.
However, his immunity count remained low at 0.2. At times, it went up to 0.4 and then it would drop again, never hitting 0.5. Jonas’ stay at the hospital dragged on past one month and then past 50 days. We were so drained and tired but we held on to Isaiah 58:8, which says, “Then your light shall break forth in the morning, your healing shall spring forth speedily, and your righteousness shall go before you; the glory of the Lord shall be your rear guard.”
On Sunday, 7 February, we received bad news. We were told that as Jonas’ immunity counts had remained so low for so long, another transplant would be required. This was one of the lowest days in our journey.
During service that day, Pastor Prince suddenly mentioned that bone marrows are important for our immune systems and ended off saying that God’s Word would penetrate into the marrows and give His people healthy blood cells. Pastor Prince even mentioned terms that we heard the doctors used. He even mentioned “bone marrow donor”. I felt so loved knowing that God was working mightily through Pastor Prince’s teaching. We were overjoyed to hear him say that “God’s word is going into the marrow to revitalise our immune system”—exactly what Jonas needs. Another heavenly wink was that that Sunday also happened to be day 58 after Jonas’ transplant, and it reminded us of the verse we held on to from the onset—Isaiah 58:8.
The next day, doctors were shocked that Jonas’ immunity count went up from 0.2 to 0.72. It went up again on the following day to 0.82 and the doctors informed my husband that Jonas could be discharged! Finally, Jonas was discharged on Chinese New Year’s Eve, just in time for our family reunion, with an immunity count of 1.3. How we all rejoiced!
On his follow-ups, Jonas’ immunity counts remained healthy and the doctors even said that his counts were beautiful. This is truly a miraculous recovery, and my husband and I saw God’s word come to pass for our family. Praise Jesus!
