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RAYERS are being said for Anthony
little chance of surviva by his doctors.
nity rclmily potluck
led by youth group
Wly formed of the group include Eric
Youth Group is McHenry, president; Mike Willig,
family vice-president; Joyce Duggan,
at the MBC secretary; and Kelly Harris,
5 p.m. treasurer. The adult advisor to
Group was the group is Gary McHenry.
Orrned to provide Residents are asked to take a
:tivities for the meal for their family Sunday.
area The youth group will furnish
The group has plates, utensils and beverage for
plan open to those in attendance. If further
Ughters of MBC information is desired, phone
friends. 426-9092. The officers
Urpose of the emphasize it is not necessary to
dinner is for area be a member of the MBC Club
meet and hear about to attend this community
area youth. Officers function.
Prayers said in many states for baby
By JAN DANFORD this problem, and Mrs. Beasley
states that only 150 cases have
been diagnosed in the entire
country.
'Doctors have told me," says
Betty Beasley, "that they know
of only one adult with this same
condition. It isn't known
whether this 21-year-old woman
had the problem as a baby and
survived, or if she developed it
later."
Anthony remained in
Children's Orthopedic Hospital
for two weeks. No cure is known
for his condition, and no
treatment was given.
"He takes phenobarbitol and
vitamins," Mrs. Beasley remarks.
"He visits the hospital every
month, usually for a two or
three day period. But he's been
in and out the same day on the
last two visits.
People of many different
faiths and from many different
churches throughout the United
States have banded together in
prayer in an effort to save the
life of six-month-old Anthony
Beasley.
Three weeks after his birth
on August 25 the son of Betty
and Bob Beasley of the Dayton
area was sent to Children's
Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle.
He had yellow jaundice.
Blood tests and a liver biopsy
disclosed a rare condition. An
Alpha I Antitripson enzyme
deficiency exists, according to
the baby's mother, and
Anthony's body lacks the gene
to produce the enzyme. He is
said to be one of only two
babies in the Northwest to have
;:!!
"MY BABY is in God's hand," says Betty Beasley.
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"Anthony doesn't act like a
sick child," she adds. "He seems
to be stable, both physically and
mentally. If there is pain, he
accepts it. Perhaps it is because
he has never known anytbing
else.
"Doctors offer no hope for
Anthony's survival. In January
they gave him five months to
live if his liver continued to
wbrsen. If the condition remains
the same or improves, they think
he might live to the age of eight
or ten years.
"His body burns up energy
and is unable to store away
much fat. He weighed six pounds
four ounces at birth, and now
weighs 11½ pounds.
"The condition," Betty
Beasley continues, "caused
Anthony's liver to harden. This
was first noticed in December
and became worse in January.
There was no improvement until
after his baptism."
When Anthony was three
weeks old prayers were begun
for him in the First Baptist
Church of Shelton. As his
condition became known, more
and mor persons added their
prayers.
Bob Beasley came to Wiiliam
and Lorene Crutcher of Shelton,
and the Beasley family was
invited to attend the Full Gospel
Church in Quilcene.
"There," says Lorene
Crutcher, "people gathered
around and laid hands on the
baby. After that my husband
and I and also Mr. and Mrs.
Beasley called prayer groups
throughout the United States to
enlist their aid."
When Betty Beasley
telephoned Oral Roberts in
Tulsa, Oklahoma the operator
recognized the number and
engaged Mrs. Beasley in a
conversation about her son. The
telephone operator instigated
prayers within her own group.
She called ten other groups to
ask their prayers, and these
groups in turn called still more
prayer groups.
Rex Humbard in Akron,
Ohio was contacted, and also
Jimmie Swaggart in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana. Calls went out
to the Crutchers' relatives in St.
Joseph, Missouri where they
asked for prayers in churches.
Betty Beasley telephoned the
700 Club, a religious TV
program. The club contacted a
local member, Helen Giddings.
She notified the Reverend D.J.
Maddux, who visited the Beasley
home to pray with them.
On February 26 Anthony
Beasley and his four brothers
and sisters were baptized in St.
David's Episcopal Church.
Anthony has a nine-year-old
sister, Laurie. His brothers are
Christoper, Samuel and Bobby,
who are four, seven and ten
years old, respectively.
Members of many churches
witnessed the baptism, and in
other Shelton churches group
prayers were said simultaneously.
Anthony Beasley was taken
to Children's Orlhopedic
Hospital on the following day.
"Re had gained a pound,"
says his molher, "and the liver
was much sofler and more
normal."
Bob and Betty Beasley are
filled with gratitude for the "However, if God chooses to
many prayers that have been take him 1 will know that
offered in their baby'sbehalf. Anthony has served a great
"i believe," states Mrs. purpose in bringing so many
Beasley, "that my baby is now people of the United States
in God's hands. His condition together in fellowship and closer
has improved, to our Heavenly Father."
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