The young couple was from...
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The young couple was from a large urban area. It was their first vacation and here they were in a small town hospital with their very sick nine-month-old child. In the frantic moments as the little boy was simultaneously being admitted, examined, and rushed to isolation, the old doctor observed the child, and calmly ordered a series of treatments.
He looked at the young couple and explained, "I don't think we can wait for all the test results. We must start this treatment now."
In the next two days it was up and down as the meningitis battled the medicine, but the old doctor had called out the devil and the boy was going to live.
The doctor cried with the same relief and joy as did the parents. The healing begun, the strength returned to the boy, and the parents praised the doctor for his healing touch.
Ten days later as they were taking the weak, but healthy, child home to the big urban area, the parents again began to praise the doctor. The doctor's last words to them were, "Thank God, I am just his servant."
He looked at the young couple and explained, "I don't think we can wait for all the test results. We must start this treatment now."
In the next two days it was up and down as the meningitis battled the medicine, but the old doctor had called out the devil and the boy was going to live.
The doctor cried with the same relief and joy as did the parents. The healing begun, the strength returned to the boy, and the parents praised the doctor for his healing touch.
Ten days later as they were taking the weak, but healthy, child home to the big urban area, the parents again began to praise the doctor. The doctor's last words to them were, "Thank God, I am just his servant."
