He shall run and not be weary week 27, 2011

His walk wasn’t normal as he came from the bedroom for morning devotion. He just could not swing the legs well and was rotating it. No; it couldn’t be a viral infection. Not my son. I decided he had to go to school nonetheless. He did, but got progressively weaker I spoke to his teacher to spare him any strain. In fact she had to carry him into the class at a point. When I returned to pick him in the afternoon he could not walk. Back home it got worse. He had to be carried to wherever he needed to go and we quickly arranged a visit to the Orthopedic Surgeons the next day. After examining him an urgent visit to the pediatric neurologist was recommended. Needless to say we went immediately. Flashes of caring for a child crippled through childhood were coming to me, and had to be rejected in the name of Jesus.
At the neurologist’s place we had to use the push chair our children used from their 6th month to get him around. My 4 year old could no longer walk, standing itself was an effort. The neurologist confirmed he had a sudden onset of paralysis, said that he be given no injections, be allowed to rest completely, and return to see her in two weeks. School was out of the question; the weakness progressed to inability to clean up after toilet. In that period I gave him a cup to drink from and it slipped through his hands to the floor. He could not hold it. I knew of a fatal condition characterized by ascending paralysis. Might that be happening? No! In the name of Jesus Christ, no. He wept in frustration. It was hard to console him. What was happening to us? My wife wept.
His grandmother suddenly visited the day after it started, driven by an urge to stay a while with us. But for this definitely one of us would have had to stop work to look after him. Brethren were alerted to lift us up in prayer, and a chain of prayer quickly organised. We were counseled to run around, to do this or that, but were not quite convinced it was the way to go. Fear not, stand firm, and see the salvation of the LORD, which he will work for you today... The LORD will fight for you, and you have only to be silent Ex 14:13, 14(ESV). In discussing the condition and developments God helped us not to say “He is crippled”. As a toddler he had fitted twice when febrile; and God had intervened. Suddenly on his fourth birthday without warning he convulsed. I mourned my failure, but it was the last of it. He has only needed paracetamol once thereafter in over 3 years; I have not noted any fever in him since. By God’s grace I will not. "It shall not be," said the LORD Amos 7:3(ESV).
When we returned to the neurologist movement had returned to the limbs, within a month he could walk, nay, he now runs! they who wait for the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings like eagles; they shall run and not be weary; they shall walk and not faint Isa 40:31