A few months ago, Dafne Gutierrez claims, she went blind. She said she would look up into the sunlight, but see only darkness.
"I lost it completely. I went blind," Gutierrez said.
The Gutierrez family still can't believe that she got her sight back after being legally blind.
"It was hard for me not to see my kids' face," she said.
But then she walked through the doors of the Saint Joseph Maronite Catholic Church, where she met Father Wissam Akiki.
"I blessed her head, both eyes and I asked God to heal her," Akiki said.
Two days after visiting the church, she said, a miracle happened -- she could see again.
"I tell my husband, 'I see you and not only with one eye, I see you with both eyes,'" Gutierrez said.
She said her vision returned and it was something that nobody could explain -- even her doctors.
"I couldn't believe it. I didn't want to close my eyes," Gutierrez said. "Right away my kids said, 'God healed my mommy.'"
12 News spoke to Dr. Jimmy Saade, who reviewed her medical reports.
"I have several documents, including one for 2014 that says she's legally blind," he said.
He admits that as a physician, there is still some doubt and disbelief.
"I don't think it can be explained medically," Saade said. "She had another meeting with her ophthalmologist, and her vision is near perfect."
Gutierrez said her doctors were also shocked at what happened.
"One kept repeating, 'No way, no way,'" Gutierrez said.
Going into that church, she said, is a moment she will never forget.
"To be able to read a paper stating that I was going to be blind forever...it's just a blessing," she said.
As she moves forward, now in the light, she offers this advice:
"God does exist. You just have to have faith."
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