Belly Button Miracle

So I've been meaning to blog about this for a while now and I'm finally getting around to it. When Zechariah's umbilical stump fell off, the inside part of his belly button was sticking out (it kind of looked like an "outie"). It oozed stuff too. I didn't think anything of it and someone said it would go away so I didn't worry. At his 2 month appointment though it was still there so I asked the doctor if it was OK. He got a concerned look on his face when he saw it and he said it was an umbilical hernea and we needed to keep a close eye on it. He said if anything changed or if it turned red we needed to call him right away. Eek! That's scary for a mom.

Well, after that appointment I started keeping an eye on it. I had to come in a few days later for his shots because he wasn't quite two months for the first appointment. When I came in I showed the nurse that it was still oozing (I hadn't mentioned that to the doctor because I forgot) and asked her if that was bad. She said I needed to get an appointment right away. I came in the next day to see the doctor again and he said I needed to get an appointment with a pediatric surgeon. I got an appointment for the following Thursday. Two days later I went to change his diaper in the morning and the hernea was bright red (I think it was filled with blood). I called and told the nurse what it looked like and she put me on hold. When she got back on the phone she said the doctor said to come in right away. (Very scary!) Our doctor and another doctor looked at it and called the surgeon's office and got me an earlier appointment but it still wouldn't be until Tuesday.

Over the next few nights and into the weekend we spent a lot of time praying for his belly button to heal. It continued to look the same and we were scared. I was imagining my little baby with IVs in and a gas mask on for surgery and I could hardly handle the thought. On Saturday morning I changed his diaper and it was still unchanged. A few hours later I went to change his diaper and it was completely gone. COMPLETELY GONE! It wasn't going away, getting smaller or changing... It was just gone! God healed his belly button and was so gracious to do it quickly so we couldn't explain it in any other way. The nurse told me to keep my appointment with the surgeon so I went to see him. Here's how the conversation went:

"So, what's the problem here?"
"Well, he had an umbilical hernea but..."
"No he didn't."
"Well, he did but it's gone now."
"No he didn't. They don't just heal like that."
"Well I prayed and it did."
"Well, whatever. Either way, his belly button looks just like it should. It's perfectly healthy and there's nothing wrong with it."

Praise the Lord!

I told my doctor what happened and he said... "Power of prayer!" "You and I know what we saw." It's awesome to have a doctor who loves the Lord and believes in his unfailing power and promises.