“Does Somebody Care for Me?”
Published by Office 2 September 15th, 2006 in Abortion, Freedom to be Born March, Options + Care, United States of America
In Dallas, the doctor walked into the small hospital room of Diana Blessing. She was still groggy from surgery.
Her husband, David, held her hand as they braced themselves for the latest news…
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At 12 inches long and weighing only one pound nine ounces, they already knew she was perilously premature.
Still, the doctor’s soft words dropped like bombs.
“I don’t think she’s going to make it,” he said, as kindly as he could. “There’s only a 10-percent chance she will live through the night, and even then, if by some slim chance she does make it, her future could be a very cruel one…”
Numb with disbelief, David and Diana listened as the doctor described the devastating problems Dana would likely face if she survived: That she would never walk, she would never talk, she would probably be blind, and she would certainly be prone to other catastrophic conditions from cerebral palsy to complete mental retardation, and so on.
“No! No!” was all Diana could say.
She and David, with their 5-year-old son Dustin, had long dreamed of the day they would have a daughter to become a family of four.
Now, within a matter of hours, that dream was slipping away…
But as those first days passed, a new agony set in for David and Diana..
Because Dana’s underdeveloped nervous system was essentially ‘raw’, the lightest kiss or caress only intensified her discomfort, so they couldn’t even cradle their tiny baby girl against their chests to offer the strength of their love.
All they could do, as Dana struggled alone beneath the ultraviolet light in the tangle of tubes and wires, was to pray that God would stay close to their precious little girl.
There was never a moment when Dana suddenly grew stronger.
But as the weeks went by, she did slowly gain an ounce of weight here and an ounce of strength there.
At last, when Dana turned two months old, her parents were able to hold her in their arms for the very first time.
And two months later, though doctors continued to gently but grimly warn that her chances of surviving, much less living any kind of normal life, were next to zero, Dana went home from the hospital, just as her mother had predicted.
Five years later, Dana was a petite but feisty young girl with glittering gray eyes and an unquenchable zest for life.
She showed no signs whatsoever of any mental or physical impairment. Simply, she was everything a little girl can be and more. But that happy ending is far from the end of her story.
One blistering afternoon in the summer of 1996 near her home in Irving, Texas, Dana was sitting in her mother’s lap in the bleachers of a local ball park where her brother Dustin’s baseball team was practicing.
As always, Dana was chattering nonstop with her mother and several other adults sitting nearby when she suddenly fell silent. Hugging her arms across her chest, little Dana asked, “Do you smell that?”
Smelling the air and detecting the approach of a thunderstorm, 
Diana replied, “Yes, it smells like rain.”
Dana closed her eyes and again asked, “Do you smell that?”
Once again, her mother replied, “Yes, I think we’re about to get wet. It smells like rain.”
Still caught in the moment, Dana shook her head, patted her thin shoulders with her small hands and loudly announced,
“No, it smells like Him. It smells like God when you lay your head on His chest.”
Tears blurred Diana’s eyes as Dana happily hopped down to play with the other children.
Before the rains came, her daughter’s words confirmed what Diana and all the members of the extended Blessing family had known, at least in their hearts, all along.
During those long days and nights of her first two months of her life, when her nerves were too sensitive for them to touch her, God was holding Dana on His chest and it is His loving scent that she remembers so well.
18 Responses to ““Does Somebody Care for Me?””
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Many thanks for that lovely story. With all the terrible things going on in the world it is so soothing to be reminded of how much God loves us.
What a touching story, i’m sitting in a public library with tears in my eyes. Just to hear that God is with all things really touches me heart.
what a touching story, i’m sitting in a public library with tears in my eyes, to know that God is all things and is watching over eben the tinyest of things really touches my heart.
What an awesome God we have. It reminds us that God had us in mind and designed us before he created the world.
There should be more stories like these being passed around. To those of us who never had to go through this kind of difficulties of bringing up a child, let’s be thankful. To those in similar situations as this family, please hang in there, God is in control.
Greetings in the wonderful name of our LORD”JESUS CHRIST”..Dear Diana,the smell is real,and it cannot be described, becouse there is nothing on earth that smell like it.I believe that the ”LORD”,touches some special children in a way that belongs to him..When I was a child I would walk on the beach close to the shore,and feel a n undescribeble silence,a peace deep into my hart.I have had many near death experiences and survived,at 19 I was drowning in rough sea ,I am a good smimmer,as I felt all my sthrenth go, and resigned myself to die ,I felt as if someone grabbed me from behind and out I was with the wave..Yes Dana is special ,we can feel him in our hart and smell its presence,it is so strange that only yesterday I had to face some people who call themselves christians ,but are giving me trials and pain.And just as I walked out of my front door, we have flowers,and plants,the smell came to my nose all around me,and I new that ”THE LORD ”was saying Iam with you,be strong,I told those people exactly ,how their behaviour is disgusting and left..Nobody else can smell it ,I have even asked total strangers ,close to me if they can smell it too,the answer is always;I can’t smell anything..Give a hug to Dana from me and tell her that she is ‘’special”..The secret things belong unto the ”LORD”our ”GOD”..deutoronomy chap 29 v 29..Love in ”JESUS CHRIST” his servant Lucy…
hey i was a preemie baby and i only weighed 3 lbs 5.2 oz and i was born 0n may 20th, 1990 and i was due july 12th,1990…. i was so little but now i am a healthy 16 year old women….
i love the lord and when ever i read this i thought it was so sweet how she knew who god was….
This story touched me deeply. I have recently been called by God to do something about abortion in Australia. It was not something I had particularly wanted to do because I had previously felt God pulling me in other directions. However, He left me in no doubt as to His intentions with a series of miraculous events over several months. I have very recently written to people who I believe can give me guidance. I am still feeling my way but I know that it is imperative that I move as quickly as is reasonably possible. I would deeply appreciate a letter or email from Pastor Danny as to positive steps that I can take.
God bless you all and thank you for this inspiring story.
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I definately felt God come over me while reading your story. I am 20 weeks pregnant right now and I am always worrying about how my baby boy is doing and I always am very afraid that something will go wrong because I was in a very bad accident about eight years ago and either way the affects of the accident will heavily affect my pregnancy and already has. It was very relieving to hear your story because it just reminds me that no matter how hopeless the situation is that as long as you put that little life and your own in God’s hands all is well. As I was reading the story I was afraid things would not turn out so well but it was wonderful to hear that she is a perfectly happy and healthy baby.
Thank you again for the story
God Bless
What an amazing story and what a strong little girl!! Praise God….hes truly wonderful! Thanks so much for sharing your story.
Thank you for sharing the wonderful story, of victory amidst all bad odds. It is wonderful to have a good health but Even when life is slipping away God is standing right by. I know of a woman who had a child that the doctors said had no brain the child had a very low weight and many seizures while still unborn. The mother was told to abort. She refused. Their baby lived for 4 hours after getting born, she was still thankful for that time together, I think that child smells Jesus too.
Hi. I was reading that and thought how lovely.
I am an Australian and i do not belive in religion but think that is a lovely story for anyone who belives or does not either way it is a very special thing that this gorgeous child is intuned to a higher being.
Its an amazing story !!!!!!
Thankyou Jesus for surviving this child.
Jesus was there for me when I was a child and my dad was over seas in Vietnam. My sister asked me about it later if I remembered seeing that man who we would see standing there and then he wasn’t. I told her who it was it was Jesus. He was also there when I was in Desert Storm and facing giants in my mind. I gave my life to Him that day. Later I committed my life to Him. Today I am blessed beyond my wildest imagination. Make Him yours today! You won’t regret it!
Thank you for sharing this story.
My son Elijah looked at a picture of Jesus in a magazine when he was just about 2 years old. My wife and I asked him who it was in the picture and he said “God”. We could not get over how he knew that. We couldn’t remember ever talking about Jesus before.
Pay attention to the little ones.
Hi,
This story was very touching. I was a premmie baby and I was born 1 lb 6 oz. (625 grms for us Australians) I was 4 months early, I was born on May 23 1985 but was supposed to be in September. My parents couldnt pick me up or even touch me for months (incase they puncture me) because I was so small. I am not a religious person, I dont go to church or anything like that but I know there somewhere is a GOD and that he watches over me no matter how hard life has been, or is.
Take Care……
I’m from Croatia and I saw this story few times… I don’t know how about you but I belive it…
thank you for sharing your experience. I am currently 24 weeks pregnant, and am constantly worrying about my baby girl. It’s nice to know that god was watching over your family and held you so dearly at such a time of need. It encourages me more than anything else I’ve read thus far-there’s so little chance of my baby living if something were to happen.
Thank you so much