Divine Coincidence

Bryan and I decided to go to my parent’s church in Eagle this morning. A friend of mine who went to my youth group growing up also attends the same church so I always try to say “hello” and catch up when I visit.


Before church started, I went to the church nursery to drop Katelyn off. I was visiting with the nursery attendant who was also pregnant. Since I looked obviously pregnant, she was asking me about my due date and pregnancy. I never know how much to tell strangers, but as the conversation progressed I decided to mention the pregnancy complications and how the diaphragm has developed a hole allowing the organs to develop in the wrong places. The crazy thing was she asked me if I knew _____ (she was the girl who went to my small Mountain Home church youth group growing up). I said, “yes,” and she went on to tell me that her baby had the same thing, but the hole in the diaphragm had closed up on its own. I knew she was pregnant, but I had no idea that she was going through the same thing. This condition only affects one in 2000 to 3000 pregnancies. What are the odds that some one I know would be going through the same thing right here in Boise?

After the service I found her husband and her and began asking them their story. They also found out at their routine 19 week ultrasound. The stomach had moved up too close to the heart. They had ultrasound after ultrasound. Everything sounded so similar, but the miraculous thing is that during one of their ultrasounds it was visible that the stomach had moved back to its correct location and the diaphragm had closed up allowing the lungs and other organs to develop properly. Their due date is only two weeks away. They are still going to x-ray the baby at birth, but so far their situation sounds very hopeful. The whole story sounded like an absolute miracle to me. I keep recalling the specialist’s comments on how something like this could not be corrected on its own, but I guess that was excluding the possibility of God’s intervention.