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SHE LOST HER MAMA TO CANCER. NOW AT 12, SHE FACES OPEN HEART SURGERY — AND ALL SHE ASKED FOR WAS A MIRACLE. Indiana Feek was born with a small hole in her heart. For 12 years, Rory and his doctors watched it carefully, hoping it would close on its own. It never did. This January, the cardiologist said what Rory always feared — surgery couldn’t wait any longer. Not life-threatening yet, but without it, Indiana’s future could be cut short. But it wasn’t the diagnosis that broke Rory. It was one night at bedtime, when Indy looked up through her tears and whispered something that stopped him cold. “I don’t want the surgery, Papa. I want the miracle.” This Wednesday at 6 AM, she goes into a 7-hour open heart surgery at Dell Children’s Medical Center in Austin. About 10 days in the hospital. Then 6 to 8 weeks recovering at home. On Sunday, their entire church — over 1,000 people — stood together and prayed just for her.

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