A CANCER patient who says she was healed by Guernsey’s ‘miracle child’ Linda Martel has been in the island for the first time since being cured.
Ruth Woods, from Northampton, said that, even today, the grave of the five-year-old, who is said to have healed hundreds of islanders in the 1960s, gave her peace.
The 76-year-old, who was visiting Guernsey with her husband Richard, 64, was diagnosed with bone cancer in 1971.
A carcinoma had been found in her right leg which, doctors warned, might have to be amputated. She recalled being scared, until a friend gave her a small square of white cloth that had once belonged to the child whose healing powers attracted national headlines.
‘That gave me hope, as I always had a faith and believed in Jesus and his divine healing powers,’ she said. ‘I held the cloth, and I felt so safe. I wasn’t afraid. I knew I would be fine.’
Doctors found that the cancer had not spread, and were able to save Mrs Woods’s leg, although a large section of it had to be removed, leaving her scarred.
After the operation she said she had a ‘visitation’.
‘I saw a figure all dressed in white. I knew then I would get better.’
Doctors had warned she would have trouble walking and would need a disabled badge. But Mrs Woods believes the cloth helped stop the spread of the cancer and aided her recovery. She never needed the disabled badge and is today fit and able.
Ruth Woods, from Northampton, said that, even today, the grave of the five-year-old, who is said to have healed hundreds of islanders in the 1960s, gave her peace.
The 76-year-old, who was visiting Guernsey with her husband Richard, 64, was diagnosed with bone cancer in 1971.
A carcinoma had been found in her right leg which, doctors warned, might have to be amputated. She recalled being scared, until a friend gave her a small square of white cloth that had once belonged to the child whose healing powers attracted national headlines.
‘That gave me hope, as I always had a faith and believed in Jesus and his divine healing powers,’ she said. ‘I held the cloth, and I felt so safe. I wasn’t afraid. I knew I would be fine.’
Doctors found that the cancer had not spread, and were able to save Mrs Woods’s leg, although a large section of it had to be removed, leaving her scarred.
After the operation she said she had a ‘visitation’.
‘I saw a figure all dressed in white. I knew then I would get better.’
Doctors had warned she would have trouble walking and would need a disabled badge. But Mrs Woods believes the cloth helped stop the spread of the cancer and aided her recovery. She never needed the disabled badge and is today fit and able.
