The billboards simply read "Jesus healed my wife: Patsysmiracle.com."
(Atlanta, Georgia)—Ron Tripodo has placed massive billboards on some of Atlanta, Georgia's most traveled highways proclaiming the miracle of his wife's recovery from a "death coma," the result of a rare virus called Herpes simplex encephalitis. According to the Church Report article, the billboards, which show his wife Patsy smiling, are not meant to be evangelistic. They simply read "Jesus healed my wife: Patsysmiracle.com." (Photo: Bob Andres/AJC.com)
"I put them up as a way to say thank you to God for healing my wife," said Tripodo, a born-again Christian who attends Cobb Vineyard Church.
Patsy, who is close to 100 percent back to normal, said: "I didn't really care that my face was up there. So many people have prayed for me. It's amazing." To read her full testimony, visit the website: PatsysMiracle.com.
Quoted as saying Patsy's case was very unusual and has a hard time explaining what exactly healed her, Darryl Kaelin, medical director of Shepherd Center's acquired brain injury program said, "I've maybe seen a couple dozen cases in 10 years, and very few as bad as Patsy. It's usually pretty catastrophic...Her recovery is remarkable. Whether it's a miracle of science or faith, or all of the above, is sometimes difficult to distinguish. But I will say this: Ron's faith that Patsy was going to be healed never wavered. And now, medically speaking, I see no reason to suspect Patsy's condition will worsen again." (Photo: Patsy while she was sick–PatsysMiracle.com)
So far, there has been quite a response to the billboards. Now, say the Tripodo's, they pray for the people who contact them with similar stories, "just like people we didn't know were praying for us."
