Nation Child’s crisis becomes Christmas miracle. 20 years later, family celebrates daughter’s ‘normal life’ December 19, 2018December 25, 2018Peter D. Kramer, Rockland/Westchester Journal NewsComments Off on Child’s crisis becomes Christmas miracle. 20 years later, family celebrates daughter’s ‘normal life’ When a listless 7-year-old went to a suburban New York hospital on Christmas 1998, doctors discovered a problem that became a life-or-death gamble.