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When I gone up – although it hadn’t gone back down to nor-
Remarkable Test was a little mal levels yet.
In the ensuing months, I constantly took on new
girl, I came
Results down with kabbalos and begged Hashem to bless me with a
the flu. My
complete recovery. At a certain point, I decided to
p a r e n t s stop looking at video clips on my camera, and to stop
w er en ’ t recording these video clips. My family uses the cam-
overly con- era video function, but I wanted to take that extra
cerned. The step as a zechus. I decided to keep this kabbalah for
flu is almost like a rite of passage that most children a specified time span, but I didn’t feel ready to make
come out of none the worse for wear. it a permanent change.
I was an exception. The flu ran its course, but it Up until that point, I was under the care of the pe-
left me scarred. One of my vital organs shut down diatric department. But as I was nearing the age of
completely, in a rare complication of a typical child- 18, I knew that I would need to switch over to the
hood disease. A short while later, the organ regained hospital’s adult department. The medical team want-
some of its function, but it never recovered com- ed a full evaluation of my case and insisted that I do
pletely. a round of testing. The last time I had taken these
I was put on medication to help it do its job, and thorough tests was when I had recovered from the
since then I’ve been going for routine medical check- flu and my organ had finally reawakened…some-
ups to ensure that the condition remains stable. what.
My friends don’t know that anything is amiss. I’m This new round of tests would tell us to what ex-
just a regular high-school student, going about my tent the organ had deteriorated in the ensuing years.
life with a smile on my face and a bounce in my step. The doctors had no doubt that it had declined, they
The doctors warned that although the compro- just wanted to verify to what extent.
mised organ was faring quite well in those early I was terrified. I knew that the results would im-
years, it wouldn’t be able to do so when I grew up. At pact my life in a big way. The morning of the test, I
the age of 16 years, my numbers were still stable and felt that I wanted to do something really big – some-
satisfactory, but I knew that my medical file was a thing that was really hard for me – as a zechus for
ticking time bomb. good results.
A blood-test came back with slightly irregular re- I decided to stop looking at video clips completely.
sults. There was one number that was a bit elevated, This would be my meilitz yosher as I underwent the
although it wasn’t yet cause for alarm. intricate testing in the hospital.
I took another blood test six months later, and Well, the results came in and the doctors were
once again that number was elevated. The doctors shocked beyond words. The numbers had remained
weren’t all that concerned, but I was consumed with stable! They hadn’t declined at all, throughout all
fear. these years! In a case such as mine, this is extraordi-
I took on a kabbalah in tzniyus, and poured out nary.
my heart to Hashem that the situation shouldn’t de- I know that Hashem hears my tefillos and cherish-
teriorate. When the blood-test was repeated a short es my kabbalah. I continue davening for a complete
while later, I was relieved that the number hadn’t recovery.

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