January 13th, 2010 by Morris N.
Kelvin's Story
On July 10, 2009, my son Kelvin was admitted to Children’s Hospital in Los Angeles for what the Doctor had told us was to be a minor surgery to correct his voice box. We went out, and as I prepared to pray with my wife for our son, a woman by the name Hanna came and to us and said, "All will be well with you." She then asked us where we were from and we told her that we are Kenyans. She was so thrilled because she had visited our country in August 2007 for a mission. She prayed for us and for a quick recovery for our son. After about thirty minutes, we were called back by the doctor for an update; they told us that our son needed more tests. He had a swelling on his voice box and they said they were going to put him on tracheal tube temporarily to help him breathe. Kelvin stayed in the hospital for about three weeks. All the tests the doctors did came back negative; they put him on medication to treat the infection without a concrete answer as to what they were treating. My son was released on August 6 from the hospital with the tracheal tube. We were trained on how to take care of him. The boy adjusted very quickly but when on Sunday August 9 we prepared to go to church Kelvin said he did not want to go to church because his friends would laugh at him. My wife explained to him that good friends don't laugh at friends when they are sick; she suggested to him that we attend another church until he felt comfortable, and he agreed. And since they had visited Covina Assembly with a family friend, he agreed to go there and everyone was happy. At kids’ church my son had a special connection with his teachers and the other kids. When my wife asked how church was, he said, “IT WAS AWESOME, MOM.” At that point we knew God was at work in Kelvin. We have since become members of the church, my kids also suggested that we begin coming to church every Wednesday. The real miracle though happened on December 13 at 8 a.m. as we were preparing to go to church. We usually change Kelvin’s tracheal tube on Sundays. I removed the old tracheal tube and Kelvin cleaned the hole, but when I tried to put in the new one, the hole was closed completely. What we did not notice was that the boy was breathing well. We rushed him to the ER. We got there at 8:20 a.m. and the doctor at the ER tried but he could not put in the tracheal tube either, and he asked, "When did you remove it?" We told him, “about twenty minutes ago.” He could not believe it. He called Children’s Hospital, and he was advised not to force it back in, but to cover it with a gauze and wait until Monday when we could see Kelvin’s doctor. When we were released from the ER, Kelvin said he wanted to go to church and sing. We told him that he could sing in the 11 o'clock service. We drove back home, and we were in church in time for the service but with a resuscitation bag in the car, as advised by the doctor. Both he and his sister Natalie sung in the children's choir. On Monday, December 14, just one day later, the doctor at Children’s Hospital thought we had removed the tracheal tube one week ago. They even called the school nurse to confirm that Kelvin had the tracheal tube on Friday. The nurse at the school said it was a miracle and that is what it is. GOD is good and he is a miracle worker, and he has been active throughout the period and more now. Kelvin is doing well in school, still on medication, and the doctor has confirmed that he is breathing well. We thank GOD, for he has good plans for our son.