(Clearwisdom.net) Editor's note: Over the course of the 11-year persecution of Falun Gong in China, many people's minds have been poisoned by the lies and slander of the Chinese Communist Party, causing them to have misunderstandings about Falun Dafa. In this environment of persecution, it is a major breakthrough for a person in China to understand the true situation and openly declare their belief in the goodness of Dafa. Many people have received good returns upon siding with goodness and coming to recognize a power higher than the ruling regime. This is one such story.
I am a resident of Tangshang City, Hebei Province. I live in the countryside and am 75 years old. My wife passed away a long time ago, so I have been living alone with my children. I have lower back pain that has made me suffer a lot and I have been bent over for a long time. Even though I've tried to make my back a bit more straight, I never could. In June 2010, my feet suddenly became swollen. A few days later, my arms and legs began to swell up. My daughter and sons took me to the hospital. After many tests including a CT scan, blood test, and others, I was told: “Both of your kidneys are failing. It's renal failure, and there is no cure.”
After I heard that, I felt as if the heavens were about to fall. My whole family burst into tears. After I was hospitalized, the doctors advised me to drink as little water as possible and to eat as well as I could Even the nurses who were taking care of my injections ended up pouring out half of the bottle of liquid that they were injecting, before adding any medication. Even so, not only my arms and legs but my whole front and back being swelled up, too. I couldn't eat or sleep well, and even had trouble breathing. My condition deteriorated day by day. The doctor recommended that I go to a larger hospital for further diagnosis. They also said that no matter which hospital we wanted to try, there was no better treatment for me. Even though they said so, my children still took me to the Tangshan City Workers' Hospital. After I was hospitalized, they did a thorough exam. The results were the same as that of the county hospital. Doctors told me that the medication was just to keep me alive – not to cure me, and that we had to head back to the county hospital.
During the month I was hospitalized, I spend more than 17,000 yuan, which caused great financial difficulties for my family. For whatever reason, they stopped giving me any medication for a few days in the hospital, and then forced me to be discharged. When I was almost at the point of desperation, my brother, a Falun Gong practitioner, clarified the facts to me and gave me some Dafa informational materials. He told me many times to recite “Falun Dafa is wonderful, and Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is wonderful” with a sincere heart. He said to me that by doing so, Teacher would save me; but I had to recite those words with deep respect toward divine beings, and that if I was sincere enough, Teacher would help me.
People who saw me in the hospital all told me that I had no hope, that I should go home and prepare to die. Because I was so swollen, I could not lie down or sleep. I especially had a hard time urinating properly because my penis was swollen as big as a balloon. It was distended with fluid and ready to tear open at any time.
In this situation where I seemed to have absolutely no hope, I was cherishing my last hope. After I came home, I did what my brother told me to do. With a very sincere heart to Teacher Li, I recited, “Falun Dafa is wonderful, Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is wonderful.” A few days later, the miracles happened. Even though after coming home I did not use any medication, the swelling went down. Wasn't it Teacher Li who was saving me?
After a month, my illnesses were all healed. I not only could eat and sleep well, but also started walking around outside of my house and was able to go shopping. I deeply knew that it was Teacher Li who saved me and it was Falun Dafa giving me a second life.
Every time my relatives, friends and neighbors ask how I got healed even though the hospital refused to treat me, I gladly tell them these words from deep inside: “It was Falun Dafa that gave me a second life!” From that point on, I told everyone that I ran into, “Truth-Compassion-Forbearance is good, and Falun Dafa is wonderful.”
On behalf of my whole family, I hereby thank Teacher for his saving grace! Through my personal experience, I want to help rectify the reputation of Dafa and let everyone know that Falun Dafa is truly wonderful!
Category: Good is Rewarded
