Torrey's Miracle
A Matter of Choice
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When going to the Bahamas we needed to get records and copies of all the tests that Torrey had undergone at the hospital. We had to have a record of all the chemotherapy she had been given. This was a touchy situation because we really didn't know how doctors or the hospital personnel would act and/or react to our leaving the established method of treatment. We already knew that our pediatrician did not approve of our plans. We did not want to leave the hospital on bad terms and we were appreciative of their efforts. We truly felt that our oncologist and other medical staff who had worked with Torrey cared for her. We knew that they believed that they were giving her the best possible treatment.
At that point in time it was difficult to get records, but God provided. With the help of one of the residents we were able to get all the necessary papers without a problem.
God knows that we do not always trust as we should and knows that we often need assurance. Once Torrey and I got to the Bahamas we did need it.
And God once more gave us courage and trust.
When we arrived at the clinic the first time we met patients and their families all of whom had come believing and knowing that at this place there was a new and different kind of survival.
The IAT Centre was not like the hospital at home where there was a dread of this disease and a dread of the eventual outcome that we all knew...death. This death caused either from the disease or from the treatment.
In the hospital at home there was that particular smell...a smell of medicine and death not found in this place.
In the IAT Centre in Freeport, there was a clean smell and a great feeling throughout. This feeling was of hope and healing. We met people of faith, people who had come like Torrey and me. They believed God had opened doors for them, had shown them this path.
Each morning in the waiting area, patients and family members shared their stories of coming to this place, a place they believed was a place of hope.
In all of my conversation with Dr. Burton he always gave credit to God. He and I were of different faiths. He was Jewish. I am Christian. However, I believe he and I had faith in the same God.
Whenever I would try to express my appreciation for what his research and IAT therapy had done for us, for our daughter, he would say to me. "Just remember, Margaret, God is in charge here. It is not me. My research and IAT have only been the instrument of healing." He knew. He knew that he was the vehicle for eventual healing.
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Margaret Morse’s book Torrey's Miracle - A Matter of Choice is the story of her daughter Torrey's healing from an aggressive non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. It shares the alternative cancer therapy, IAT (Immuno-Augmentative Therapy) that Mrs. Morse and her husband chose for their daughter. It tells of the role their faith in God played in making this decision. The author shares her belief that every person has a right to make choices. These choices include who we are, what we do, how we believe, and so on. One of those choices has to do with how one takes care of their health. She believes that each person has the right to make a choice about the treatment they might be given when this disease, cancer attacks. She believes that every choice a person makes comes out of love or out of fear. Originally written under the title Choices A Journey Of Faith - Torrey's Miracle Mrs. Morse has traveled throughout her home state of Connecticut as well as Massachusetts, Vermont, Virginia, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and California promoting this first published work. She has spoken at Barnes and Noble bookstores, Border's Booksellers as well as individually owned bookstores. She has spoken at local libraries, community organizations, churches, and individual homes to promote this book and to advocate the right of choice of the cancer patient. The highlight for her was speaking to 800 students and faculty of Greenville College, Greenville, IL, on October 25,1999. A public television 51-minute interview entitled 'Choices An Alternative Cancer Therapy' with Mrs. Morse and her daughter, Torrey, was made in April 1999 and circulated throughout Connecticut, Vermont, Illinois, and North Dakota. Another 9-minute taped interview was done in February 2000 by 'The Exchange' public television, Channel 12, Norwalk, CT. Reviews of this first work were done by the local community, newspaper, The Shore Line Times (April 1999); The New Haven Register, New Haven, CT (June 7, 1999); and The Connecticut Post, Bridgeport, CT (September 12, 1999). The People Against Cancer, a nationwide organization newsletter, OPTIONS (November 1999 Issue); The Guilford Courier and the Madison Source newspapers (February 2000); the Hartford Seminary PRAXIS May 2000 (Alumna newsletter); Greenville College, Greenville, IL RECORD spring 2000 (Alumna newsletter); the University of Hartford OBSERVER summer 2000 (Alumna newsletter); and the GOOD NEWS August - September 2000 (Episcopal Diocesan of Connecticut newsletter) have also done articles and/or reviews.) A synopsis of this work and click-ins for web sites to alternative cancer treatments can also be seen on Mrs. Morse's personal web page http://torreysmiracle.homestead.com/files/choices.html
About the Author
Margaret Berger Morse’s life was profoundly altered after her daughter’s remarkable healing from cancer. Her love for God and family was stronger and she was filled with a new gratefulness for life. Her desire was that one day this story of her family’s experience in particular, the choice made to use an alternative cancer therapy, would be told. Following an eighteen-year teaching career in Elementary Education in 1987 Mrs. Morse returned to graduate school. She changed her vocation and began a new career working within her church denomination as an Administrator, Volunteer Choir Director, and Lay Preacher. Leaving that role in 1997, she found yet a new vocation, that of writing. Choices A Journey Of Faith -Torrey's Miracle is her first published work, now reprinted under the title Torrey's Miracle - A Matter Of Choice. Mrs. Morse holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Elementary Education from the University of Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut; a Master's of Science in Education from Central Connecticut University, New Britain, Connecticut; and a Master's of Arts in Theological Studies from Hartford Seminary, Hartford, Connecticut. She currently resides in Connecticut and Vermont with her husband where she writes and gives spiritual direction. She enjoys walking/hiking, swimming, boating, and canoeing while experiencing the beauty of New England as well as visiting with her daughters and their families and working on her web site. A special joy comes when she is given the opportunity to preach in local churches. She would be pleased to hear from readers through her e-mail at cplottie@aol.com. and cplottie@yahoo.com