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Lives in the Balance “I don’t remember much about what happened after that,” Jennifer recalls. “I was in and out of consciousness as they stopped the bleeding and started blood transfusions. David stayed with me all night. The next morning, Austin’s pediatrician came to talk to us. Because of the placenta previa, they had taken Austin early. In addition, I had diabetes and it had slowed the development of his lungs. He wasn’t just having trouble breathing, he couldn’t breathe on his own. They’d decided to move him to a hospital in Lewisville which had more sophisticated breathing equipment.” When the doctor left, David and Jennifer reaffirmed their stand. They would not be afraid of evil tidings. They said, “None of these things move us. Our baby is perfect.” Jennifer was determined to see her son before they transferred him, even though she was so weak it took her half an hour to make it out of bed and into a wheelchair. Looking white as an Alaskan winter, she was wheeled to the nursery. She was too weak to hold him, but nurses propped the baby on pillows in her lap. “You are perfect,” Jennifer said. “You are healed and whole; nothing missing, nothing broken and nothing lacking. I’ll see you soon.” Kissing his head to say goodbye, she felt like her emotions had been knocked out by a prize fighter. She took another hit when her doctor told her, “You’ve suffered so much trauma, I don’t recommend that you have any more children.” David split his time between being with his wife at a hospital in Denton and visiting hours at the NICU in Lewisville where a breathing machine forced air into his son’s lungs. “Don’t expect him to leave this unit in less than 14 days,” the doctor in charge of Austin’s care told David. A Child Is Born The next morning, when he returned for the first visiting time, David found Austin on oxygen, breathing on his own. The machine was gone. The pediatrician said, “We’re amazed!” The following morning, David called Jennifer from the NICU. “He’s off oxygen!” he reported. That same morning, Jennifer was discharged from the hospital and a friend drove her to Lewisville. “I was prepared to sleep in the waiting room,” Jennifer remembers. “But when I arrived, they put David and me in a room so we could be close to Austin. The next morning, on Friday, Austin was discharged from the NICU and brought to stay with us. For the next few days he stayed in a hospital room with us. We took care of him except for visits back to the NICU for his medication. On Monday, one week from the day he was born, we took him home.” Six weeks after Austin’s birth, Jennifer went back to see her doctor. After a full examination the doctor smiled at Jennifer. “I perform C-sections all the time and I’ve never seen anyone heal this fast. Your incision shouldn’t look like this now. Your healing has accelerated by at least six months. I take back what I said. I suggest you wait a year, but if you want more children, go ahead.” Today, Austin Adams is a healthy, happy 1-year-old. “Austin was born six days before my 36th birthday,” Jennifer explains. “I’ve been a Partner with KCM for 25 years and David has been a Partner for 15. If not for what we’d learned about faith, Austin and I might have died. All those years of reading people’s stories in the magazine built our faith. We knew that what God did for them, He would do for us.” What God did for David, Jennifer and Austin Adams, He’ll do for you. That’s good news. V ****ADVERTISEMENT**** “Partnership is designed by God to dramatically increase the abilities, resources & rewards of every believer.” —Kenneth Copeland Partner with KCM today! kcm.org/partner 1-800-600-7395 (U.S. only) +1-817-852-6000 ********************************* BVOV : 25

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