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I quickly make a google research and find out that HVC is almost like HIV, it breaks the liver, leads to cancer in many cases, and makes the infected person die very early.
Tears flooded my face as I was still skyping with my younger sister, trying to console her and silently praying at the same time. I remember I told her that she needs to pray too, and to my surprise she agreed.
My sister was attending the seventh day adventist church only for a few years - when she was as little as 11. Then she started a separate new life, ran away from home and never returned back. One day she got happily married and in several years successfully divorced left with 2 little kids on her hands. She used to smoke and quit, and start again and then quit again, drink sometimes, as they call it socially, drugs sometimes, too, maybe they would call it in Netherlands Social drug addict. By 26 she had 2 surgeries, broken life and no education. My mom would support my sister with money for renting a house, i used to share with her a little money for food. My grandpa would also help as well as my uncle.
And here it is: a horrible diagnosis! Hepatitis...
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We finished our skype conversation and I headed to google again, searching for treatment, cause and clinics. Quickly did I realize that there is a tremendously difficult treatment, an expensive one, a very expensive, I should say. A challenging one! 40 000 USD for 24 weeks, just to keep the virus suppressed... I was overwhelmed, but did not lose my consciousness. My next step was to go to odnoklassniki.com - pretty much like facebook, but for russian speaking audience site. Found there a group full of doctors, posted there a request for a good doctor in Dnepropetrovsk (my sisters city of residence) and waited.
Waited? Did I write simply that? Wait, no 100% correct. We - me, my mom, my friends from church, my sister - we all prayed.
I already decided that I will have to work and all the money I will earn in the next year I will put aside for my sister's treatment.
SO, time went by. Very little time comparing to infinite, and very long time for us. Within 2 (two) days only I received a message on odnoklassniki.ru, saying: there is a company in ukraine, that is reseaching a new medicament - a new drug developed in Ukraine. They need 70! people infected by HVC, that were never treated by any kind of treatment, and have hepatitis C#3.
Hmmm... Puzzled, I forwarded the message to my sister and reiterated to my mom the content. My sister said she does not know whether she's got Hepatitis C #1, #2 or #3. Additional tests were required to finalize. Additional intensive prayers were rising up to Jesus for next 1 week (it takes 1 week to decipher the tests).
Just let it be your will, dear Jesus! Let is be your will... SHould my sister go for this treatment? It is helpful? Will she be accepted?
The day of the test results is here: we all are nervously waiting for the final results. We are shocked, we are excited, we are stunned, we lie down on our faces to bring glory to our powerful God again: My sister has got HVC # 3 and she is accepted for treatment FOR FREE!
Imagine!.. I was just now thinking how to get 40 K USD, a huge huge amount of money, and here Jesus say: here you are! Have it for free! Unbelievable... inconceivable... Almighty God - for Him nothing is impossible!
SO, my sister started the treatment, 1 shot every other day. Anywhere. Everywhere. Her body soon became a pillow for needles. The drugs with severe side effects - up to suicidal tendencies - so painful were headache, muscle ache, and sores, that would appear from time to time all over her body as an allergic reaction to the treatment.
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We prayed. Prayer became my sister's help. She started attending church and was longing to go to the worship service every sabbath. We did not need to tell her, she would do it all by herself. Willingly.
The treatment was prescribed for 24 weeks. If the body would bear it...
1st week past. second did. third did, too. Every single week my sister would have to make a new test, to see how the drug works. That was a must. And that was good, for at least she did not need to pay for tests.
4th weeks past. Test again. Skype message: HVC negative. Unconceivable. Unimaginable. Amazing, BLOWING MESSAGE: HVC - NEGATIVE!!!!
Facedown on the floor, prostrate - crying - and laughing and praising my God - Jesus! He did that! He healed my sister!
A big battle that we go through everyday - how does it affect us? God claims we are His, satan claims we are his.
It takes only 2 month for God to reveal Himself to my sister: He allowed her to get into prison of sickness - and then He gently took her out of it, just to put her on the right track, to follow Him, to be happy, to be blessed, to BE. God has many ways to bring you, too. He wants you to be happy acknowledging Him - your Creator, sustainer, your Happiness. Do not hesitate, do not wait. Accept him today and LIVE.
