Katie and Payton Grace

[Bruce Macomber]

I'm taking the liberty of adding a prayer request I received from our dear sister in Christ, Cindy, a while back:

MY DAUGHTER KATIE WHO IS ONLY “21” IS PREGNANT WITH HER FIRST BABY [editor: Payton Grace]. SHE HAD HER 2ND U/S WITH A SPECIALIST YESTERDAY AND IT SHOWED SOME BRAIN DYSFUNCTION AND DEFECT IN THIS PRECIOUS ONE.

IT WAS DEVASTATING AND SUCH TERRIBLE NEWS. THE BRAIN IS SO TERRIFYING TO HAVE ANYTHING GO WRONG WITH IT. I WAS TOTALLY IN A STATE OF FOG YESTERDAY AS IT WAS HARD TO COMPREHEND……

SO TODAY I AM RISING ABOVE THIS AND ASKING YOU TO PRAY AND TO SEND THIS TO YOUR CHURCHES, YOUR FRIENDS, AND ANY MOM WHO KNOWS THE HEART OF BEING PREGNANT AND LOVING THEIR CHILDREN.

HERE ARE THE DETAILS I KNOW AT THE MOMENT.

1. TWO VENTRICLES ARE SWOLLEN TWICE THEIR SIZE AND SO THAT MEANS THERE IS A BLOCKAGE TO THE BRAIN. WE NEED THE BLOCKAGE TO BE RELEASED SO THAT THE VENTRICLES CAN GO BACK SO THAT THE BRAIN CAN FUNCTION NORMALLY.

2. THERE IS A VERMIAN DEFECT THAT CANNOT EVER BE FIXED. THIS

FORMS ALL THE BALANCE ALONG WITH COORDINATION. PRAY FOR THE BABY TO NOT BE AFFECTED AND HAVE NORMAL BALANCE AND COORDINATION (THAT ALL OF US TAKE FOR GRANTED).


I CANNOT THANK YOU ENOUGH. PLEASE LET ME KNOW IF YOU GET THIS AND IF YOU ARE SENDING IT TO YOUR PRAYER TEAMS OR PRAYER CHAINS AT YOUR CHURCH. GOD CHANGES THE FUTURE AND PEOPLES LIVES BECAUSE OF THE PRAYER OF THE RIGHTEOUS.

THANKS AGAIN, I AM EVER SO GRATEFUL TO ALL OF YOU.

GOD BLESS YOU SO MUCH!

LOVE, CINDY

Please lift Cindy, Katie and Payton Grace up in fervent prayer!

[Bruce Macomber]

Update from Cindy:



Hello Dear Ones…you precious prayer partners for Payton Grace!



Not much to say, except God is at work!!!



Katie’s ultrasound showed no increased swelling while the head is growing…Praise God!



We declare that Payton Grace is healed in the precious name of Jesus, for the Glory of God and may it be a witness to many of His goodness, His mercy and His power.



Thank you for standing with me in this faith journey, you are a delight to my heart.



Many of you have asked when Katie is due…she is due June 14th, around Father’s Day.



May you have an increase in favor from the Lord because of your love and prayers for little Payton.



God bless your heart to overflowing, you have given so much to me!

Cindy

[Javier]

Cindy, Know that you are covered in Prayer! My God settle his peace with in you even now as this petition goes up on your behalf..Be still and know that God is acting!.
Blessings, javier

[Bruce Macomber]

The latest news!

Payton Grace arrives, thank you Jesus!
Friday, June 26, 2009 10:57 PM



Little Payton Grace arrived this morning at 4:00 am. It was a very difficult labor and did not progress after 15 hours so Katie had a C-section.

Baby weighs 6 lbs. 7 oz. and is 20 1/2 inches long. She is precious and is less swollen and red today. She did not engage in the birth canal as her face got caught and she could not move any further (that's the easiest way I can explain what happened). She has the sweetest little button nose, big alert round eyes, round face and a little bit of hair. She's having a little hard time nursing...but we claim victory there! We are praising God for her safe arrival and the safe delivery for mom. Mom and baby are doing well.

There is a complication to little Payton Grace. She has club feet and her hands curl down under without a wrist or wrist action (the best way I can explain it). The club feet can be corrected with surgery and braces, Praise God. The wrist area we are not sure of at this moment. It is definitely a very hard hard thing, and so unexpected.

Payton will have an MRI at Children's Hospital in Seattle sometime this week for the other doctor reports that are revealing brain swelling and deformities etc.

God is on the throne and has heard "our" prayers for healing, but I did struggle with this since being up all night and in intensive labor with Katie for hours and hours. My heart has grieved for a bit and gotten mad but I'm back in the battle for this babies health and wellbeing. Thank you for standing with me in that gap and we know the miracles will continue to come. Already she is a miracle as she has lived through a traumatic birth experience and is in the loving arms of dad, mom and a much loving extended family.

You are true warriors with me and for Payton Grace!

I will always be grateful for your love, support and prayers,
Cindy

[Javier]

Praise God from who all blessings flow.

[Bruce Macomber]

Update:


Dear friends,

Please pray for Payton Grace and my daughter Katie today, Wednesday the 8th. They both need comfort, grace and hope.

Payton will be with an orthopedic specialist at Children's Hospital in Seattle from 1:00 to 3:00 then to the pediatric physical therapist from 3:00 to 5:00. The will figure out the best treatment for the arthrogryposis deformity.Today when we were at the pediatrician and he was trying to move her shoulder she was in severe pain...she shreeked not cried. It was so hard to watch and hear...poor mommy. This is the hardest thing I have ever experienced and we are just starting this difficult journey. We should have an update for the MRI soon...but I wanted to let you know about this because this little precious bundle needs our prayers for comfort and extra grace to not feel the pain tomorrow. Thank you so very much, you are so special. I don't understand why this has happened but must move forward and believe God will perform His miracles in His time....Lord help my faith! You are an awesome God and have great plans for Katie, Isaiah and Payton Grace. Already she is a miracle and has brought beauty to all......

Again I can't thank you enough for standing in the gap and helping me and my family through this excruciatingly painful process.

Love,
Cindy

[Javier]

I sent up prayers on their behalf. God is good!

[mark luker]

i pray god will bless your new baby with health and a happy life and he will comfort you as well

[Bruce Macomber]

Update from Cindy:

Yesterday at Childrens Hospital was very tough on little Payton Grace and mommy Katie. She was moved around a lot and because of her bent and very unbendable limbs and joints it was painful for her as they were stretched and pulled. We were there at the hospital for 5 hours. Mommy and baby were very physically and emotionally exhausted.



Next week they will temporarily cast her little feet as to try and bend the ankles to a normal position. This will have to be done and redone. They are not sure what to do with the legs right now as she sits indian style and her hips and knees are not in the correct placement.



Today Katie started physical therapy and putting the small braces on tiny baby Payton. She cried most of the day, it was almost unbearable for grandma. Katie didn’t want to do anything but hold her crying baby…I tried to help but she needed to be by her little one.



The occupational and physical therapists were wonderful but the diagnosis of little Payton was very discouraging. There will many many months and years of therapy for her to use any of her limbs to feed herself, dress herself and to walk. That is what they are saying about the arthrogryposis condition that she has. They are not even sure if surgery can correct any of the deformities. That is the doctors report.



I am still believing in a miracle of miracles. Jesus is the Great Physician, I will believe in His healing report. But because it is so real at the moment my heart is still filled with much grief at the loss of my daughters dreams for her baby girl. I am so grateful to all of you for holding me up and giving me the strength to move forward as I hurt terribly. And for praying for Katie and Payton Grace….words cannot express my thanks. I know this is a very rare experience to go through and I would not wish this pain on anyone, but this is real for me. Not much can compare to this…only a select few can understand. The Lord has given us a gift in Payton and He will change our dreams and heal our pain. I will get stronger each day and more determined to be all I can be for Katie and little Payton. There is nothing that can change how much I love them and I will still fight for them.



Katie so needs your prayers for mercy and grace plus rest and comfort in this difficult time in her life. She is so strong and I am so proud of the way she takes care of Payton and loves her and delights in the precious beauty in this beautiful perfect baby girl! She is perfect to all of us….but our hearts hurt for the process that this unfair life can bring.



Sorry this email was long but I wanted again to share with you the seriousness of this situation and let you know that I am grateful for your prayers as you have sustained me at my times of grief and pain deeper than I can even explain….thank you, thank you…..



Tomorrow is a new day from the Lord and His light will shine and brighten up the dark!



Love you all,

Cindy



Isaiah 41:10

[Julie Andrez]

I work with 91 adults with similar obstacles every single day. I have five children of my own. Although I can empathize, I can not imagine being the parent of a child with those needs or with that pain! When she cries I am certain that I would taste her tears! HOWEVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... Every single one of those 91 people are God's special children! He holds them SO dear. They are gifts that He has given to ALL of us. They bring us so much joy each day. We pray to be able to bring that joy back to their lives. They are brought to us for reasons that we cannot comprehend and only God has His plan. He see's the entire story. At first we feel grief... but as God heals our grieving hearts, we start to understand the blessings and the miracles that each person, no matter how different their abilities are, bring to our lives every single day! We start to understand just a little bit more with every day that passes. She will need a lot of support from others but she will live a full life and even better... she will fulfill the lives of others more than you could ever imagine! She is a blessing, a miracle! She holds a very special place in the kingdom of God!!! I will pray for God's will, His mercy, and His grace for both Katie and for precious Payton! Cindy, my prayers are with you as well! Let your hearts not ache for her! She is JOY!!!!!!!!!

[John Watson]

I just read Bruces prayer request, and followed the link, while praying and reading, the word OIL kept coming to the front of my prayers. A pure and beautiful oil, anointing, healing oil. Oil that can ease those precious little joints, oil that can ease pain. Lord, let it flow into Paytons whole body and mind and spirit.
Mark 6:13 Many demons were they casting out, - and were anointing with oil many sick, and were CURING THEM.
God Bless you Bruce and Cindy for letting us know, and blessings in abundance for Katie and Payton, for the release from pain and anguish and for Gods Agape love to embrace you all.
John.

[Bruce Macomber]

Update:

Dear friends and family,

I hope you are enjoying your summer with loved ones. We here in the Seattle area are experiencing a wonderfully warm and sunny summer, it is so awesome.

Just wanted to share with you a beautiful photo of precious little Payton Grace. You can see the peace of the Lord resting on her in this photo. She is perfect!

[Photo attached below]

Some updates are:

She has splints for her wrists to bend and move. Katie is doing physical therapy on her hands, wrists, elbows, arms, shoulders. She is also doing physical therapy on her feet, ankles, legs, knees and hips. We expect great progress and pray for "MIRACLES TO HAPPEN EVERYDAY".

Weight gain is slow but Katie is still nursing and supplementing formula after each feeding. We found out that arthrogryposis babies have a hard time gaining weight. She is still a tiny 6 lbs. 5 oz. but seems content most of the time. We pray that Katie can continue to nurse and bond with her little one in that special way.

Our biggest concern is for her elbow to gain mobility. She has very little mobility there and so we are asking God to move that elbow so that she will have full movement and be able to eat, play, and dress herself. Yes Lord we ask you for this in your precious name!

Katie has had appointments for baby at Children's Hospital each week and will continue to do so. We are grateful for the doctors there and living where we have this resource. In a couple of weeks Payton will have a two hour MRI of the brain and will have to be sedated. That will be a very difficult day. It is scheduled for August 3rd.



Lovingly grateful to you all,
Cindy

[Bruce Macomber]

UPDATE:


My dear friends and family,

Well we are approaching little Payton's MRI and are believing that everything will go okay for our sweetheart. It is this Monday August 3rd. She will be sedated for this 2 to 2 1/2 hour procedure. They will be looking at all aspects of the brain and function. There are a few particulars that the doctors are reviewing of great concern: eyesight and eye function, seizure activity, the piece in the brain that is missing and of course the hydrocephalous (swelling of the brain). The diagnosis is very grave but with God "all things are possible" and we stand on His promises and believe in the report of the Lord and His Word. I will not stop believing in the total healing of her body and mind.

Katie and I will be at Children's from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. I believe there is a consultation with the specialists sometime around 3:00 or 4:00 pm.

Payton is doing well with therapy and Katie is trying to do it regularly. We are believing in miracles everyday...thank you Jesus! My older son Brannon goes 4-5 times a week in the evening to give Katie a break and does the physical therapy on Payton. I couldn't be more thankful for such a supportive and loving family, I am blessed.

I want to thank you from the depths of my heart for praying for me and my daughter and grand daughter Payton. I know you have helped us through this with your prayers. There is no way I could withstand this without the support of loving people and the strength of my Heavenly Father. He is carrying me and my daughter through this.

May you be blessed with a wonderful week and enjoy the blessings that that Lord has along the way for you.

Love,
Cindy