Saint Stanislaus Papczynski — The Life and Writings

see.” My mother-in-law and I clasped hands. I thought I’d lost my child. But thedoctor saidallmy child’s complications hadvanished. During labor, I kept the third-class relic inmy bag—I couldn’t bring it into the delivery room. My child was born without any problems. I was able to breastfeed him. The pediatrician said the childwas all right, but knowing the child’s history, he advisedme to visit the doctor who had discovered the heart problems. When I saw her, she said: “you won’t believe it; there’s nothing wrong with his heart. The baby is fine.” The doctors said they will never forget my story. Testimony of a doctor from the United states I am an obstetrician/gynecologist. I was taking care of a preg- nant patient who called me and said she had not felt the baby move in a couple of days. I had her come to the office immediately. She was in her 34 th week. Thankfully, I found a heartbeat, and the baby seemed fine, but suddenly the heartbeat dropped dramatically. I personally drove the woman to the hospital, because I knew if we waited for an ambulance, the baby would have died. I immediately performed an emergency Caesarian section. We successfully revived the baby, but I was concerned about the amount of time without oxygenation. It just so happened that I received a booklet about Blessed Stanislaus a fewdays after this occurred. I read the chapter about the child who was originally diagnosed as a miscarriage and the return of a heartbeat after the novena to Blessed Stanislaus. After reading this, I prayed through Blessed Stanislaus’ intercession for the health of the child. It is almost a year later, and I can say that this baby is absolutely perfect. The neurologist and the pediatrician are both amazed. I believe that this booklet came to me for a reason at that particular time.