- [Narrator] On April 18th, 2020,

Sarah Grace and Thomas Richardson

welcomed the arrival oftheir second son, Everett.

What was supposed to be a joyful occasion

was overshadowed by Sarah'sextreme fatigue and headaches

that started just daysbefore giving birth.

- You know, I've been really sick,

I'm not sleeping,

that's probably why I'mhaving these headaches

but they were very severe

and it felt like I wasbeing struck by lightning,

it was just so painful.

- [Narrator] The day afterthey brought Everett home,

Sarah noticed her legsseemed to be weakening.

Then soon after.

- Had taken a nap and Iwas like trying to get up

and I was just like,honey at my right side

won't move at all,

and I remember just seeingthis look of panic on his face

and just my heart was pounding in my chest

because that was when I knew,

okay something very serious is wrong.

- [Narrator] Thomas rushed his wife

to the emergency room atGreensburg Hospital in Indiana,

where a CT scan revealedmultiple blood clots

in Sarah's brain.

Meanwhile, Thomas had been asked to leave.

- Because of COVID,

I said goodbye to her atthe hospital in Greensburg,

I didn't know, she wasgoing to make it or not.

- [Narrator] Thomas had a family member

call Sarah's mom, Chris.

- I was terrified.

My husband and I prettymuch ran out the door to go

and at that point I was sobbing,

and just saying, Lord,please don't take her,

please don't take her.

- [Narrator] Within the hour,

Sarah was completely paralyzed

and transferred to IndianapolisUniversity Methodist

for further evaluation.

Doctors determined she had acerebrovenous sinus thrombosis,

or a CVST, a rare form of stroke

that causes bleeding in the brain.

Even if she survived, Sarahcould be paralyzed for life

or lose cognitive function.

- I just was afraid that

she wasn't going to be herself anymore.

I wasn't concerned as muchabout her being paralyzed,

as her not knowing who I was

or being able to communicatehow she was feeling.

- [Narrator] To complicate matters,

the blood thinners doctors needed to use

to dissolve the clots

could make the bleeding in her brain worse

and even cost Sarah her life.

- Part of me had the peace of knowing,

okay if this is my time, you know,

I know what awaits me in the eternity, but

just this terror andsorrow of not being ready

to leave my family.

- [Narrator] Although COVID prevented

Sarah's family and friends from visiting,

it didn't stop him from praying.

- I believe that God isin control on everything,

and yet he moves at theprayers of his children.

I was very at peace that God'swill is going to be done and

that he was listening.

- We believed that Godis going to heal Sarah,

but more important than Sarah's healing

is for God to be glorified andfor Christ to be made much of

that mattered more than anything.

- [Narrator] The next morning,

the doctors gave them hopeful news.

The brain bleeds had resolved themselves.

- Those bleeds didn't resolvethemselves, God did that,

God did that,

because that's the power prayer.

- We got to FaceTime withSarah and she was very slow

and I kept waiting forher to say something

that didn't make anysense but she was herself.

She was the same person that I married.

- [Narrator] While doctorscould now aggressively

treat the blood clots,

Sarah was still paralyzed andfaced an uncertain future.

Even then, she chose to believe

and trust God with the outcome.

- And I just wanted to say thank you

to everyone for your prayers.

They mean so much to me.

Lord, I don't know whatyou're doing with this,

but I know that it's big,

and I know that it is for a great purpose.

- [Narrator] At home with their sons,

Thomas faced the possibilitythat his wife, their mother

might never be the same.

- Reading the bedtime stories to Bear,

the ones that his mom wouldread to him the week before,

and I could hardly get the words out.

That was what was hard.

- I would be feeding the baby

or playing with blocks with Bear

and just praying aloud,

Lord she needs to behere, these boys need her.

- [Narrator] The communitycontinued to pray,

still believing for complete healing.

Then after two long weeks in the hospital.

- And all of a suddenI could just do this.

And I was so excited and Ikept calling people in the room

and I'm like, look at myfingers, they're moving.

- Look at her go.

- Lots and lots oflittle miracles happened

to where it was like slowly accumulating

to where she could move more.

- [Narrator] Eventually Sarahwas sent to inpatient rehab

where by all reports shemade remarkable progress.

Two and a half weeks later onMay 22nd, she got the news,

she was going home.

- It was like this swelling up in my chest

and I felt like I was justgoing to bubble over with joy.

- The doctors thoughtshe was going to remain

a quadriplegic,

she walked in the house,sat down in the floor

and held her kids.

It was amazing.

- [Narrator] Sarah continued to improve,

and her six month checkup revealed

all the clots had disappeared.

She's healthy, joyful, andback with the ones she loves.

- It was incredible becauseI believe with my whole heart

that there is power in prayer.

- There'll be just timeswhen I look at her now

and I'm just like, wow, you're here.

And I didn't know ifyou ever would be again.

- When I see Sarah cleaning herhouse, playing with her boys

doing all the things that she loves to do,

those are all justreminders of God's goodness

and of his power.

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