Fatima: That's the Miracle

On May 13, Pope Francis will canonise Jacinta and Francisco Marto, two of the three shepherd children of Fatima who saw Our Lady in 1917.

The canonisation is based on a miracle that involved Lucas, a five year old boy from Brazil who in 2013 fell out of a window, six meters above the ground. Lucas hit his head, lost brain tissue and fell into a deep coma. The doctors expected him to die or to survive with severe cognitive disabilities.

Lucas' parents and nuns prayed to the children of Fatima. Some days later, Lucas woke up and began to speak. To the amazement of the doctors, he recovered completely.

Picture: Jacinta & Francisco Marto, © Krisztina.Konczos, CC BY-SA, #newsJltqpilllw

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Hija de Jesucristo

May 13, 2017

I'm sorry, but Lucas's case, being a brain trauma in a Child in 2013 does not qualify to be considered a miracle yet, because no expert doctor can issue any definite expertise until Lucas has completed at least 20 years of age. Because brain trauma, it can have delayed consequences.

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a syndrome that is associated with depression and suicide. "It is a very serious illness and the worst is that it is irreversible. The worst thing is that it arises silently.

It has been studied in American Football players.

"Chronic traumatic encephalopathy is what we have typically seen in many of the athletes," said Dr. Howard Derman, director of the Concussion Houston Methodist Center.
www.mayoclinic.org/…/con-20113581
www.miamiherald.com/…/article15031115…

Católicos Apostólicos

3May 12, 2017

Raquel Jara Ribera, Medical Expert and Specialist in Assessment of Bodily Injury and Insurance Medicine: "Cerebral damage in preterm infants, infants, children and adolescents: It is possible that we need to wait until adolescence or the end of the growth stage (over 20 years) so that the final expert report can be issued.

Católicos Apostólicos

3May 12, 2017

Late sequelae that cause Brain Injury in infants and children, take years to manifest, so the Doctors wait several years until the final expert report can be issued.

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Católicos Apostólicos

3May 12, 2017

But Brain Injury may have late sequelae and he is only a child. www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3113139