Today for me is a day of God’s continued faithful promises.
Vinny got his first dose of a new medication which I truly feel is an answer to all our prayers
Last July (2023) Vinny was truly struggling and I did not know what to do or help him. We were going to doctors and specialists every other week. His skin was constantly broken, bleeding and inflamed almost head to toe. He was daily using steroids and antihistamines but it wasn’t helping. His skin would get infected almost once a month and he took multiple rounds of antibiotics. He was taking baths in bleach water to help prevent infection.
I came with him to a healing service and it truly felt to me like the entire service was just for him. As soon as the time for prayer opened, it was announced that God wanted to heal someone with eczema. And that was Vinny covered head to toe in open bleeding eczema. I felt so much peace as the entire church prayed over Vinny. I felt so much peace and trust that God would answer His promise and heal Vinny.
Three days later things got worse not better. Vinny had a major allergic reaction from eating wheat and I ended up taking him in an ambulance at 11:30pm for treatment. Through it all I felt so much peace and knew that this was how God was choosing to heal Vinny. I should have been afraid but I was calm and felt God’s presence with me instead. I knew at that moment that God was going to heal Vinny through medicine. From that lowest point, Vinny started to heal. We eliminate wheat from his diet and he was approved for a medication which healed his eczema. Vinny’s skin healed without scar, blemish or spot and his soft baby skin returned.
But that wasn’t the end of his healing journey as over the next year he struggled with many allergic reactions and was taken to the ER fours times, receiving epinephrine 4 times and steroids at least 9 times to stop anaphylaxis.
Today after all of this Vinny received his first shot of a new medication that works to prevent allergic reactions and has high hopes of desensitizing him to his food allergies. I know that this is how God is choosing to bring healing and wholeness to Vinny’s life.
So for me, today is a day of gratitude and a witness to Gods unfailing promises even when the circumstances seem like God is not listening. I want to share this story to give hope to others and to tell them to trust in God and His promises.