A TESTIMONY!!I was pregnant with my fourth child, my only son. I was watching a video from Manpower by T.D.Jakes. He was preaching about how the enemy will try to steal the seed of a woman, the Zerah.At the time I thought it was a great message, but I couldn't apply it to my personal life. Little did I know that God was about to move miraculously. Dallas was due on December 13,1998. The doctors thought he was really big so they decided to induce labor on Thursday December 3,1998, the day after my birthday. We went to the mall on Monday November 30,1998 and I went into labor while touring all the stores. It started hurting in my back(and stayed in my back!) I didn't realize that it was labor until my mother in law told me to call the hospital because the intense pains were 7 minutes apart. I got to the hospital about 11:30 that night. Dallas Ryan was born at 2:51am. Well that is wonderful, but what is the miracle? I'll tell you. Dallas was born with the cord wrapped twice around his neck. That is bad enough, but the cord also had 2 knots tied in it. All oxygen and blood to his brain was cut off. His heart rate dropped from 140 to 40 in a split second. My mother in law told me his head was grey when it first came out. They had to give him oxygen to get his color to that rosy newborn pink. The doctor told me he had fluid in his lungs, he was small(6lbs.6oz.),he may have kidney problems because one of the major blood vessels in the cord was missing, he was a high risk for SIDS, and a few other things. I thought I would lose him. I didn't know just how serious his condition was until he was 2 days old. I talked with my labor nurse and she told me she didn't think he was going to make it then. But 5 hours after his birth the pediatrician said,"You have a beautiful HEALTHY baby boy!" Other than a small amount of fluid in his lungs which he would cough up, he was perfectly normal. I began to think of that message on the Zerah again.I began to pray,"Father I don't know what you have in store for Dallas,but whatever it is, Thank You for protecting my seed". The day we were at the mall, I found a baby name book with his names in it. The great thing is; Dallas means "Wise" and Ryan means "Little King". Somewhere in the future there is a great destiny for my wise little king. It was put into motion Tuesday, December 1,1998 at 2:51am!
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