“I felt that!”
Laura rushed over.
“Are you sure?”
“Yes! I felt his hand!”
Tears filled Laura’s eyes.
It was the first real improvement in two years.
Michael decided to involve Emma’s physical therapist, Dr. Sarah Collins.
At the clinic the next day, the doctor listened skeptically.
“You let an untrained child treat her?”
But before Michael could respond, Emma wiggled her toes slightly.
Dr. Collins froze.
Emma had never done that before.
She examined the girl carefully and found new reflexes.
“I don’t understand this,” she admitted. “But something is happening.”
From that day on she began observing Jordan’s work. She noticed that his methods resembled reflexology, acupressure, and massage therapy combined with herbal medicine.
Weeks passed, and Emma kept improving.
First sensation returned.
Then she could move her toes.
Then she bent her knees.
Meanwhile Jordan became part of the family. Michael enrolled him in school, where he proved intelligent and hardworking.
One evening Michael turned to Laura.
“This house feels alive again.”
She smiled.
“What if we adopt him?”
“I was hoping you’d say that.”
The next day they asked Jordan if he wanted to join the family permanently.
He stared at them in disbelief.