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34 B L E S S E D S T A N I S L A U S P A P C Z Y N S K I amniotic fluid was low, but there were no gaps in the blood flow through the umbilical cord. The cord was perfectly normal! Father Stanislaus had heard our prayers. The doctor repeated the test several times to be sure, and the cord was perfectly normal. His opinion was that the baby had suffered some “insult” early on and he cautioned that if the baby did survive, he could have some handicap or disability. The baby would need to grow sufficiently and the fluid level would need to hold or increase to get the baby to at least 27 or 28 weeks in order to give him a chance for a safe delivery. We began to pray to Fr. Stanislaus for the baby’s growth and an increase in fluid. On Tuesday night (two weeks later), the night before Susan’s next visit to the doctor, she was lying in bed when she was prompted to look toward the door of the bedroom. Standing there was a man, slender, dressed in a white robe. He had short hair and a closely cropped beard. His hand was raised, and as he looked at her, she said, “He seemed to float toward the door and was gone.” As the weeks passed, the baby continued to grow and the amniotic fluid level came up to normal! Because of the doctors’ concern about a lag in the baby’s development, they decided to deliver the baby at 32 weeks. To our great delight (and the doctors’ astonishment) a perfectly beautiful Michael Joseph was born at 1:08 p.m. on June 17th at Cottage Hospital in Santa Barbara, California. He weighed 3 lbs. 6 oz. and was 14 3/4" long. His scores on the APGAR scale far exceeded the norm for premature babies. When Michael met the requirements to come home (proper weight, ability to feed, good respiration, etc.), he