[KeptByTheWord]

I believe in the healing handiwork of our Great God and Saviour, and so I am asking that prayer be made in the behalf of my 4-month-old niece. She was born a beautiful healthy little "Gerber" baby.

About a month ago, she began to have issues with eating, and also focusing with her eyes. It was discovered that she has bilateral cataracts, which is a very, very rare condition in such a young baby. Most babies that develop cataracts only get one cataract. In the past two weeks, she has had surgery on both her eyes. She will need to wear glasses until she is 4-5 years old (which is a stressful thing in and of itself - trying to keep glasses on a 4-mo baby!)

However, this morning, she stopped eating, and refused to open her eyes. She was hospitalized just a short while ago, and was dehydrated so bad, they struggled to get an IV in her. Emergency surgery will need to be done on her eye, and there are very serious implications, according to the pediatric ophthalmologist.

This is the only child my sister may be able to have, she is in her late 30s, and it was a miracle that this baby was even brought into this world. She is the life and joy of her parents, and this has brought a crushing blow into their world too.

Please hold this little family up in prayer and ask for the Lord's healing mercies in this situation. Please pray that her eating/digestive problems, and the cataracts in her eye are touched by the healing hand of the Lord, and for strength for my sister and her husband as they walk through this difficult time.