During the autumn of 1984, Monsignor Castagna interrogated himself  about the events that were taking place and the numerous graces  that were deriving  from  them. He would have  liked to have a precious signal. It was then that the first extraordinary cure in the history of  San Nicholas  took place. A cure that is still under study. 

 This is  what happened: 

 Gonzalo Miguel Godoy, of 7 years of age,  presented the first symptoms of a disease that  downcast him, almost quadriplegic. He could not speak. An x-ray showed signals of a cerebral tumor: a frontal injury of the left side  pressured  that zone, causing the paralysis of the right side. 
 

  Her mother put herself in the hands of the Blessed  Virgin and she requested Her forces to support the inevitable thing , since an operation would leave the child  crippled, in case that he could escape to death. The mother was pregnant of seven months, of her seventh child. She felt a deep distress and a terrible anguish but  meanwhile - to her surprise  - she experienced a great inner peace.

 The parents requested the Unction of the Sick for the boy and that he could receive the First Eucharist. Monsignor Castagna authorized that  and he sent  his Chancellor, who was a friend of that family. He explained the boy that he  was going to receive the Body of Jesus, and he placed him under the protection of the Virgin of the Rosary of Saint Nicholas. 

The little boy received that " gift of God " with a great inner force and with  his eyes wide open, he contemplated the wafer before agreeing. 

  Forty-five minutes later, clear signals of improvement were noticed; the paralysis experienced a remarkable backward movement, the cheeks of the boy recovered their color and he left his lethargy. 

Three days later a lumbar puncture was made to him: the test did not reveal any pathology at all.. The dose of the medicine was diminished; the boy stayed wide-awake and began to play.

 In the following days, Gonzalo began to read and could walk by his own means. A tomography was carried out: where there had been the tumor, the only thing to be seen  was  a scar.

This case continues under study.  Gonzalo is today a young boy who carries a normal life, has a lot of friends, enjoys life and thanks  God for his healing

Since then,  extraordinary  cures are  usually declared  in the Sanctuary.   Many pilgrims have spontaneously written  them up in the Book of Testimonies that, by the end of 1989, had already 187 pages written. 

 In some of these cases files were made, of which we will only mention the following ones: 

Juan Ignacio Cordero  Olguin, who was only 9 months old, fell ill with meningitis and crossed paralysis, and, after being blind, deaf and unconscious, and in a  comma state during nine days, awoke the tenth day completely healed, after the prayers that her family elevated to the Virgin of the Rosary of Saint Nicholas.

Medical consultations later confirmed the healing: so is stated  in the testimony signed by Celia C.  de Olguin in the Testimonies Book, signed on the 24th of November , 1987. 

Anabella Renée Rao, of 12 years of age, student, was ill with  paralysis and arreflexia of the inferior extremities from 14-12-88.  The doctor had her hospitalized and  a lumbar puncture was made to her in order to analyze the cefalorraquíd liquid that revealed the existence of the reaction of Pandyt. The Diagnosis was syndrome of Guillain Barre. 

The disease stopped  on the 17 of December. On the 26th of December, the girl could move again without aid. In January  1989 the improvement was accentuated and, helped by rehabilitation exercises, the 7th of February already could walk normally. From the moment that the diagnosis was known, the girl and her mother had entrusted their case to the Virgin of the Rosary of Saint Nicholas, with the absolute certainty that " She would protect them under Her mantle ".  Her mother  prayed the Angelus continuously " and requested forces to God to accept everything that the Virgin arranged ".

 The novena had begun the 17th of December, day on which the disease stopped suddenly. This integral recovery, in such a  brief time, totally constitutes an exceptional  clinical case and in opposition to the evolutionary prognoses, according to the doctors who took part in their processing.

 An eleven years old  girl from Rawson, Chubut, in September  1988 began with bronchial symptons that increased in intensity. In March 1991 the symptoms continued with cough, fever and, not being able to ingest solids, loss of weight, thus its derivation to the Garrahan Hospital in  Buenos Aires was decided. An x-ray of the thorax was made,  in which a widening in the superior mediastin was observed, with a presuntive diagnosis of embryonic tumors. 

Her attending physician in Rawson, before the respiratory difficulty, considered the possibility of making a tracheotomy before the trip. All the familiar group began praying to  the Virgin of Saint Nicholas, as well as many friends and many people who knew  the  girl. 

 It was during the trip that all the symptoms disappeared. When they arrived at Garrahan Hospital, the symptoms had  completely disappeared.  On the following day they returned to Rawson. The girl is completely healthy at the present time. 

An eighteen years old girl living in  Buenos Aires, whose parents were doctors,  had concrete tumors in   her neck, which was disfiguring that zone . A biopsy was made to her of the ganglia and it did not show any type of abnormality. 

During  the following  three years,  from 1985 to 1988, the ganglia of the neck continued increasing, while reiterated episodes of fever occurred frequently.  In 1988 they did a tomography to her that showed a located tumorlike mass in the esternocleidomastoid muscle

In March of the same  year a biopsy was made to her that showed signs of linfoma of Hopkin T type of  light colour cells (the most  malignant). The family started to pray  and  traveled to Saint Nicholas with the patient.

The operation was made in December 1988 and it was discovered that the tumorlike mass   had disappeared since the tomography until the surgery. 

This kind of cures  occurs accompanied by deep changes of life. At the same time that  the healings take place in the body the same is also shown in the soul. The doctors of the Office of Verifications emphasize that " it is very common to see the conversion of the whole familiar nucleus, as well as of the circle of friends”.