Comments on: Dear Mr. Neurologist

By: Tanisha Williams

Tanisha Williams — Mon, 24 Mar 2025 03:21:59 +0000

Amber, by faith, I can declare YES to all that God is doing! As Alicia beautifully stated in her blog:

We can love. We can believe. We can pray. We can hug. We can weep. We can stand. We can fight.

I stand as a surrendered mother, fully trusting God until my miracle comes. I ask for your prayers as I believe in His provision and stability for my daughter and me. We are stepping into a new season, transitioning back to St. Clair County, Illinois, the first week of April, and I know God is positioning me to be used for His glory.

Reading about your son’s successes and seeing Missouri mentioned made my heart leap—the same God who is Jehovah Rapha and Nissi in your child’s life is at work in mine too. My daughter’s journey has been filled with battles, from severe sleep apnea being overlooked to facing misdiagnoses and delays in receiving her autism diagnosis. Yet, God’s faithfulness never wavered!

Even in job loss, rescinded offers, and 12 months of joblessness, I came to know God deeper as Jireh. Through every storm, He has sustained me! And my daughter—once nonverbal—now stands tall as an articulate 9-year-old, a mini coach, a dancer for the San Antonio Spurs, and an electric guitar player. She has graduated from intensive therapies, and even something as simple as food therapy has been a breakthrough!

I no longer see challenges as setbacks—I see them as God’s setup for something greater. I thank Him for your testimony, Alicia, and for Pastor Sharpe at Fellowship Chicago, who led us to your book. I pray your faith remains strong, and I ask for your prayers as well.

Blessings to all the mothers here—I am praying for you and your children!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 18:06:07 +0000

Thank you for sharing and giving hope to other families! So very proud of you all.

Bevie Jo Marquardt
Beviejo@together.net

By: Amber

Amber — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:45:19 +0000

Four and a half years ago, my husband and I took our 13 year old son to a small white room for a fifteen minute visit to hear that our son for certain had an in-curable nerve disease (Charot-Marie-Tooth Disorder, CMT) that would leave him in a wheelchair and paralyzed by his early adulthood, and we needed to seek genetic and career counseling for him. “There is nothing else that can be done for your son,” he stated.
Dear Mr. Neurologist,
Please do not ever rule out God having other plans for your patients. Even though our son presented almost five years ago with the inability to button a button, open a Gatorade, or hold onto a baseball bat, and with the inability to run well or stand on his toes due to his contorted feet and toes, we could not understand why you had made such a quick and decisive diagnosis. Your words could have been a death sentence over him…but they weren’t. His symptoms were classic; I will give you that much. But you were talking to two parents and a young teenager who believed in a living and all-powerful God. We refused to accept your painful and hopeless words. The diagnosis was wrong, or he was healed from CMT. He battles psoriatic arthritis today. He plays varsity baseball and even pinch runs on occasions. He hit a home run this season, had several stolen bases, played some first base, and pitched 7 innings, no runs last week—thanks to his whole team playing awesome defense and offense with him! He is stronger today, much stronger. Districts start Thursday. But more importantly, God has taken your words spoken over him, although we still wonder how you could have said them so bluntly and so absent of compassion, with him in the room: “There is nothing that can be done”—-and has performed a miracle in our son’s life. Nathan is an overcomer. He understands true encouragement, the kind that has depth and substance. He loves his teammates and friends. He fights on and off the field — praying for their salvation and wanting them all to succeed. He works hard. We thank God for his friends, teammates, doctors, youth ministers, teachers, coaches, grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, and his brother who have all fought along with us. My husband and I have seen first hand that God’s ways are truly higher than man’s ways.
Most Sincerely,
Nathan’s Mom

And yes….. As Alicia just stated above in her blog:
We can love
We can believe
We can pray
We can hug
We can weep
We can stand
We can fight
And Jesus is doing the same for our son too. Praise God!
(Published with Nathan’s
Permission.)
Thank you for sharing your story Alicia.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 16:04:04 +0000

Glorious!!!

By: Pam

Pam — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 07:29:13 +0000

Thanks for sharing it’s give me hope for my 10 year old son Miguel. God bless you.

Pam

By: Suzan Schlipp

Suzan Schlipp — Tue, 19 Apr 2016 02:54:08 +0000

Wow, what a beautiful mom you are. I think maybe all of us special needs mom’s have run into a doctor of this kind and proven them wrong. My son is 33 years old and we have traveled a long road together to get him to where he is today. Yes he still has Autism but is doing somethings docs say he wouldn’t. I’m so Thankful for my job now where I can teach him more life skills,he has trouble wit h the world’s way of things. He has made me a stronger mom…love him so much

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 21:20:39 +0000

Oh, Alicia, I love how you love so fiercely, determinedly and purely. How often I have asked God to show me how to love well… You are such a beautiful example for me. I see His character displayed in the way your family cares for one another. Thank you!
~Susan Cromer

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 19:23:20 +0000

Well done, good and faithful, Mom!!!!! You have done excellent in trusting in our faithful Father to lead you and Barry in being a part of fulfilling Father’s dream for Jonathan. I know what a rugged road that can be, (as I have been down the same road) but the rewards in this world are joy filled satisfaction and in eternity beyond comprehension! I’m so thrilled for Jonathan!

Debbie Eaton maywebe1@aol.com

By: Dawn Kollar

Dawn Kollar — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 15:40:20 +0000

This is remarkable! Thank you for sharing your inspiring story so beautifully and it will indeed spark hope in the heart of every parent and grandparent that may be searching for what they can do.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 18 Apr 2016 14:10:00 +0000

Loving mother and I admire your commitment and faith✝💜🙏🏼