Dear Mr. Paladino,
It is my sincere hope to be able to put in words the gratitude I have for the MIRACLE that YOU ARE!
I had begun to abandon all hope for relief from the staph infection in my face, that as you know; I contracted in the hospital during my second surgery on malignant melanoma of the nose.
I thought that the malignancy returning after 10 years of remission was as bad as it could get, well it kind of was until the unexpected staph infection developed and inflamed the surgery site and the rest of my face. The infection was not responding well to antibiotic treatments and caused the rupture of the intricate surgical reconstruction site done on my nose and cheek. The infection spread to my eyes and sinuses.
There was no reprieve until a friend of mine suggested that I get in touch with you; my reality, as surreal as it was at that point, became even more so when I tried to reason out the treatment you were to give me — I was desperate and willing to try anything!
I hoped and prayed for a miracle but what you did for me happened in such a grand and glorious way that I began to “wrap my arms” around it only weeks after the treatment. You said that you would help me, and I wanted to believe but thought it would take a major miracle to outdo what was done for me at one of the best hospitals on the West Coast.
At some point, on the day you performed the treatment, my face cooled down, I could actually touch it without hurting it; I knew then that something was happening but did not want to assume anything and decided to wait until the next morning. It felt as if the mask that covered my face for over a month was taken off and my face was back to being my face!
My doctor was very pleased with the “sudden turn for the better” and concluded that I was very, very lucky and that he did not expect my recovery to be so short. I did tell him that it was a miracle, and he agreed.
How can I ever thank you for what you have done for me? All I can offer you is my lifelong prayer of gratitude — please accept it.