Who would have anticipated this?
Only the thousands of people who have been praying for this little girl.
Michael Laws’ daughter, hospitalised in a life-threatening state last month, has experienced a “miraculous” turnaround, and is now expected to make a full recovery, the jubilant Wanganui mayor said today.
Three weeks ago, doctors gave Lucy Laws, 3, only a 10-20 per cent chance of surviving, after being struck with a horrifying combination of leukaemia, acute pneumonia and the fungal disease aspergillus.
Mr Laws immediately took indefinite leave from the mayoralty, and with his partner, Leo, took up residence at Auckland’s Starship Hospital.
The pair went public with the news of Lucy’s prognosis and the family’s suffering, saying it would be a miracle if the child lived.
Today, Mr Laws said the latest CT scan and bone marrow biopsy confirmed Lucy had made “stunning progress”. Lucy was not simply out of harm’s way, but officially in remission from leukaemia.
For those that are not “in the christian loop”, this little girl’s entry to hospital resulted in a call to prayer across the country. Michael himself seems to have been hard at it, as well as some others.
Sustained by prayer. I am not an overtly religious man but I have been on my knees many times this past week. Praying, pleading, begging, bargaining. Messages that others are praying for Lucy filter through. Down the hallway, an Exclusive Brethren couple are battling similar odds to keep their two-year-old son alive. We smile and shake hands. They say they are praying for Lucy too.
