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Miraculous
THOMAS BECKMAN
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How is it possible?
– What do you mean?
Ovarian cancer?
– Yes, stage four.
Twenty years ago?
– Twenty years ago.
You survived?
– No choice.
What do you mean?
– My daughter was pregnant.
You willed it to happen?
– I willed it to happen.
How could that be?
– The power of faith.
I haven’t seen this!
– Neither have I.
What happened next?
– My new granddaughter.
The power of faith?
– My contract with God.
Your contract with God?
– To see her get married.
To see her get married!
– She marries next year.
What happens then?
– Too early to say.
THOMAS J. BECKMAN is an internist and Professor of Medicine and Medical Education at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota.
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