It was the longest, darkest night for Margaret Bentos-Pereira. Waiting in hospital as doctors did tests trying to work out what was wrong with her daughter felt agonizing. Little did she know, during those endless hours, of the astounding journey ahead destined to test their faith and resilience. Natalie was just 11 years old when her carefree, sunny life in South Carolina was interrupted by a medical emergency. Waking in mid-January 2017 with pain between her shoulders, she skipped off to school as usual, imagining she’d slept awkwardly, and the discomfort would go. She was wrong. “The pain got worse throughout the school day,” Natalie, now 16, told The Epoch Times in an interview. “By the end of it, my leg started to go numb. I honestly had no clue what was going on. My parents were of course super worried.” After their daughter arrived home in increased pain, Margaret, …