Doctors find a cure for wheelchair-bound Brooklyn girl, 12, just days after she was blessed by the Pope

 

A wheelchair-bound girl from Dyker Heights in Brooklyn believes that her miracle journey to walking again began right after she was blessed by Pope Francis at JFK Airport in New York last month. Julia Bruzzese, a 12-year-old seventh grader from St. Bernadette School, began suffering from a condition that caused her to lose feeling in her legs in May and was left unable to walk by June. 

Despite her condition, Bruzzese went to see the Pope when he arrived at the airport in New York.

Doctors were unable to determine exactly what was causing Bruzzese's medical condition and an initial diagnosis that the paralysis was brought on by Lyme disease could not be confirmed.

The young girl, who played softball and soccer and sang in the choir before losing the use of her legs, was in tears after she kissed the Pope's ring and he touched her forehead and blessed her. 

'It means that he's going to give me a miracle, to walk again,' Buzzese told NBC New York. 

'I know I will walk again because of him.' 

Five days after meeting Pope Francis on the tarmac at the airport, Bruzzese got some good news.

She said: 'The miracle has begun. 

'I went to the doctor and for the first time they saw Lyme disease activity in my blood and that just shows a miracle can happen if you believe, just like I did. 

'If you believe and pray everything can happen.'

Bruzzese friends at school have been supporting her by using a wrist hashtag that says 'pray for Julia' and a doctor offered to treat her free of charge after learning about her story. 

The brave girl said the experience has made her wiser and taught her that life is precious.