Break A Leg?

Some of you may have seen on Facebook that Ruth managed to trip and fall about a month ago and fracture her fibula. It was about 9am on Saturday 14th June and we were all rushing around sorting the final arrangements, as we were hosting another 'A Day in His Presence'. Ruth managed to trip over a paving slab and realised that she was going to fall and hit a car, so tried to twist as she fell. Initially, we were more concerned about her ankle, as it seemed to be bent at an unusual angle, but that seemed fine.

Ruth being Ruth, she put some ice on it for a bit, took some pain killers and the carried on the rest of the day. It was only after we'd packed up and were thinking of settling down for the evening, that she decided that she needed to get it checked out. It was the night of England's second game in Brazil, so we guessed that A&E would be relatively quiet, which turned out to be true, but we still waited quite a lot! After being initially assessed, she had an x-ray and eventually saw a doctor, who said that she'd fractured the fibula right at the top and had damaged the ligaments as well. She said that they'd put a brace on her leg and to come back in the morning to the fracture clinic, so we left A&E at about 12:30 with an appointment for 9am in the morning.

It was quite amusing sitting in the waiting room, as there were a number of people watching & listening to the England game on their phones. There was a shout from one person that a goal had been scored, which was followed a couple of minutes later by some one else and then again by a third. We were a little confused at what was happening, but it seemed that due to different network coverage or ways they were watching, they'd all been celebrating the same goal. We ended up getting people to message us on Facebook with the scores.

We were back at 9am and thankfully there were a lot less people waiting to be seen, so we were seen pretty quickly. They showed us the x-ray, you could definitely see the fracture. They fitted another brace and sent us home, with a follow up appointment for the following Thursday, when they would check on the fracture and hopefully adjust the brace to give Ruth some more movement.

As you'll see from the following photo's, during the week a lot of bruising started to come out on the back of Ruth's leg. On the Tuesday evening at ngm, during our Church service, they prayed for Ruth's leg - she said that felt something in her leg, but couldn't describe it. When she returned to the hospital, after a lot so waiting around, including another x-ray, we went in to see the a different consultant.  He said that he couldn't understand why Ruth had the brace on, as he couldn't see any fracture! He examined her leg and confirmed that there was some ligament damage and that she'd need to keep using the crutches, until she felt she didn't need the support any longer, but she definitely didn't need the brace.  What an answer to prayer!



The other amazing thing was that the following weekend Ray & Nancy were contacted by a friend (Dorry) in the USA (Ray and Nancy had visited her Church a couple of months previous to preach), to say that a member of the Church had come up to her on the Sunday with a word for Ray and Nancy. He said that while praying, God had given him a word that someone in Ray and Nancy's organisation had injured their knee and that God was going to completely heal it. Dorry contacted Ray and Nancy and said this might sound a little weird, but and then gave them the word. They couldn't believe it!  How would someone in the States know about Ruth's knee, only God could have revealed it. We are believing and claiming this word, as though the fracture was miraculously healed, the ligaments are taking longer.  Her leg is a lot better, but not back to normal, so we're praying that the complete healing will happen.