1 AT THE HOSPITAL

Ruthie was suffering from a fever of 104.5 and she had finally woken up after about an hour. Lucy was sitting on the chair with Sam on her lap and she was crying. Simon was next to her with David on his lap and he had he arm around Lucy, Mary and Matt were sitting down across from them and Eric and Annie were in Ruthie's room. Ruthie was vomiting non-stop. The doctor said to Eric and Annie, "We believe she is suffering from a very bad pneumonia, and the vomiting is coming from a 24 hour bug." "Oh, no" said Annie. We are not sure what to do with her right now, but we also found out that she has a heart murmur, which cannot be good since she is suffering from a very bad pneumonia. Her heart murmur is very bad when she is sick." said the doctor.



2 IN THE WAITING ROOM

Matt said, "Maybe we should call her 'boyfriend' Zach and then could go pick him up." Okay I'll call him" said Mary. Matt went to go pick up Zach.

MEANWHILE...

The doctor said that they were going to run some tests, but there was a slight problem. They were afraid that if they injected a needle into Ruthie's skin, it would make her faint since she was very weak. Zach arrived and ran over to the bed. Then the doctor came in. He had a very bad look on his face. Annie and Eric started crying. What's going to happen to my baby!?" Annie cried. I'm afraid there isn't much left to do, and only time can tell what is going to happen. Her fever is now up to 106.1 and she could die any minute now." he replied. Zach cried "NO! Not Ruthie, not the only girl I ever liked! Not the only girl that ever liked me! She was only my girlfriend for a day! Just my luck!" He started crying. He took Ruthie's hand and kissed it.

"I will never forget you. Please don't die on me Ruthie." he said, "God, it's not her turn to die now, and she has a wonderful life to live yet! PLEASE!" Eric and Annie were crying hysterically. The whole family came into the room. The doctor told them the news, and all of the kids (even Sam and David) were crying.

"Let's all make a circle, around her bed, and pray. Pray that she won't die and she will stay with us for a while." Zach suggested. They all prayed. About 1 minute later, Ruthie's temperature dropped to 100.1, and she woke up. She's going to live." The doctor said.

That, to the whole family, and Zach too, was a Miricale. Not just a regular miracle, but also one of love.

Ruthie came out of the hospital 3 days later and was better about 2 days later. *The family had never been closer, and now all of the kids looked forward to going to church*. *Knowing, that God had saved Ruthie, and they will never forget that day*.

The end