Last night Dr. Gil Lamarche spoke on our Band of Brothers “Tuesday Night Principled Conference Call.” I’d like to share a story he told today and a second next week.
He spoke about his son who at 14 was celebrating Independence Day and had a firework blow up in his face. He had third degree burns throughout his face and at the hospital it was determined that his eyes were burned so badly that he would be blind for the rest of his life. As a Chiropractic Kid, the son asked his father to check and adjust him as he was laying there on the gurney. He was a right atlas and it was Friday night.
On Sunday, they saw the plastic surgeon who said that with a couple of skin grafts the burns wouldn’t be noticeable in time. But also that there was nothing they could do about his eyes and he would be blind for the rest of his life. They scheduled an appointment for the following Monday for a check-up regarding the skin grafts. The son was being adjusted “every hour on the hour” for the same right atlas.
On Wednesday, the son woke and asked his father if he was wearing a blue shirt. Dad asked “why do you ask?” The reply was that every day since the accident the son would open his eyes and it was pitch black but this time he thinks he sees blue. Sure enough, dad was wearing a blue shirt. On Friday, they watched a movie together and the son could describe it in full detail, full color, everything that happened in the movie. He was still being checked and adjusted “every hour on the hour.”
On Monday they went in for the check-ups and the ophthalmologist said it was incredible, but the son had 20/20 vision in both eyes. When she walked into the room, the plastic surgeon exclaimed “what did you do to him?!” The father replied, I washed the wound like you told me to.” She was amazed because new skin was growing in multiple areas over the wound… similarly to if you or I were to cut our finger. Her prognosis was that he would not need plastic surgery and he would likely make a full recovery.
Twelve years later, you would never know the accident occurred. The son’s face is fully healed without scars and he has 20/20 vision.
How would this story have been different if:
A) The son hadn’t asked to be checked and adjusted?
B) The father didn’t check and adjust his son “every hour on the hour”?
The father was quick to give credit where it is due. That credit goes to the innate potential his son has inside; to his son’s spirit. It is the same potential and innate ability to heal which we all have inside. So long as the power flows freely.
How will this story change the way you view health, healing and your children’s potential?
