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At about five months gestation, Nick Schnarr and his wife Brooklyn learned that their third child, a baby boy, had hydrocephalus, a condition in which brain fluid doesn\u2019t properly drain, building up and putting pressure on the brain. Doctors said his case was \u201csevere\u201d and specialists at Cincinnati Children\u2019s Hospital told the couple that their baby\u2019s condition was \u201cdire\u201d and \u201coff the charts bad.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was so extreme, that the specialists stopped measuring and monitoring his brain\u2019s fluid level because, at that point, it didn\u2019t really matter,\u201d Schnarr said on Facebook<\/a>. \u201cThe MRI\u2019s were sickening to look at. We were told, pointblank, that there was over a 90% chance that the baby would either die shortly after birth or have such severe cognitive impairments that any quality of life would be hard to imagine.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brooklyn Schnarr made the decision to move to a hotel in Cincinnati to be close to the hospital, while her husband\u00a0stayed at home balancing work and caring for the couple\u2019s two daughters Sophie and Lily. On July 8th<\/sup>, Brooklyn went into labor and as she was being wheeled in for a C-section, doctors spoke with the couple about life-saving measures for their son such as a breathing tube, and discussed how long they wanted to continue such treatments before letting the baby die. But, miraculously, that breathing tube would never be needed.<\/p>\n

\"Baby

Baby Charlie. Photo via Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cGuess what? .. the baby came out crying \u2013 which was the sweetest sound I have ever heard,\u201d wrote Nick Schnarr.<\/p>\n

Baby Charlie was born with only a mild ventricular enlargement, which Schnarr says can be monitored with checkups. He was in the infant intensive care unit for about nine days until being sent home with his family. There is no medical explanation for the boy\u2019s recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe doctors said, \u2018we do not have and cannot come up with a medical explanation for what we\u2019ve witnessed here\u2019. Somehow, his brain found a way to naturally \u2018clear\u2019 the blockage or re-route the fluid that was causing the oppressive \u2018back-up\u2019 of brain fluid,\u201d wrote Schnarr. \u201cDuring the last week, I heard the word \u2018divine intervention\u2019 and \u2018miracle\u2019 more times than I could count. Nurses with decades of experience, and esteemed, nationally admired doctors were flabbergasted but jubilant.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Charlie

Charlie and his parents. Photo via Facebook.<\/p><\/div>\n

Schnarr has no doubt that the power of prayer led to the healing of his son. He says that between friends, family, clients, colleagues, and their friends and families, it is likely that thousands of people were praying for Baby Charlie.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m a practical person that certainly believes in science and medical technology, but I absolutely know, from the bottom of my heart, that God was involved in this,\u201d wrote Schnarr. \u201cI give ALL the credit and glory to him. [\u2026] God is real, and he still performs miracles.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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