A tumor was growing in Shan Sheridan's head. Doctors told him that without surgery to remove the growth, his right eye would stop working within six months. He might even die.
But Sheridan, then 18, didn't worry. He prayed.
The church his family attended was holding a revival the Friday before Sheridan's surgery, scheduled for Monday.
In the middle of the service, the evangelist stopped the service, claiming he felt someone needed a healing, and quick, and it had to do with their eyes, Sheridan explained.
"My mom started bawling," Sheridan said. "He said if you'll come up right now and accept God's healing, God will heal you."
Sheridan, now assistant director of the Clinton County Chamber of Commerce, said he immediately joined the evangelist.
"There was no thunder or lightning," he said. "He prayed, and I went back to my seat."
That Monday, when Sheridan underwent his final CAT scan before the surgery, his doctor was dumbfounded. What happened to the tumor?
"It was gone," he said.
The doctor, thinking he'd erred, wanted to run to another scan, but Sheridan's mother told him not to bother.
"We went to Arby's afterward and had a beef and cheddar and a chocolate shake," he said. "I'll never forget it."
That was 24 years ago, Sheridan said earlier this week, and aside from diminished vision due to what he calls "advancing age," he's had no recurrence of the blockage.
"The medical document literally states 'Act of God,'" he said.
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