# Case Report of gastroparesis healing: 16 years of a chronic syndrome resolved after proximal intercessory prayer #### (2019) - Clarissa Romez, David Zaritzky, Joshua W Brown **Link**:: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ctim.2019.03.004 **DOI**:: 10.1016/j.ctim.2019.03.004 **Links**:: **Tags**:: #paper **Cite Key**:: [@Romez2019-nn] ### Abstract ``` A male infant at two weeks of age was hospitalized vomiting forcefully. He had a pyloromyotomy. He did not improve with medical therapy. The diagnosis of gastroparesis was made after a nuclear medicine gastric emptying study and intestinal manometry. He required a gastrostomy tube (g-tube) and a jejunostomy tube (j-tube) for feeding. At 11 months of age, the j-tube was converted into a feeding jejunostomy with Roux-en-Y limb. For 16 years he was completely dependent on j-tube feeding. In November 2011, he experienced proximal-intercessory-prayer (PIP) at a church and felt an electric shock starting from his shoulder and going through his stomach. After the prayer experience, he was unexpectedly able to tolerate oral feedings. The g- and j-tube were removed four months later and he did not require any further special treatments for his condition as all symptoms had resolved. Over seven years later, he has been free from symptoms. This article investigates a case of PIP as an alternative intervention for resolving severe idiopathic gastroparesis when maximal medical management is not effective. ``` ### Notes