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

Payton had a tough time after the surgery as she was in pain before leaving the hospital and they had to give her a little morphine...yikes, poor baby. But the surgeon said that after clipping the achilles her right foot was able to be bend to 90% and her left to around 70%. We will pray for 100%...yes Lord. She has a heavier cast on that will be there for 2 weeks until they take it off and replace it with the normal cast they will be redoing every week...yes every week.

On Friday she was not herself either. After work I went straight to my boys tennis match and Katie & Isaiah brought Payton there. We watched her at the tennis match and then took her to our home. She couldn't keep any formula down and was running a slight temp. Tom and I gave her baby tylenol but she still wasn't her normal self. She cried and moaned a little and it was sad for grandma and grandpa. But we were glad to be able to comfort her as much as we could. I was grateful that Katie and Isaiah could get out for several hours and go to a movie and a nice romantic dinner. I was fine with her, as if I haven't done this many times before lol.

Katie called me today and told me she had taken Payton into the clinic as she wasn't able to keep any formula down and was still running a slight temperature. She has an ear infection and that needs to go away in Jesus name, amen. What a fighter our little "Payton Grace" is, she is so strong and courageous!

May you have a wonderful week and I pray God blesses you with many joys.
Love,
Cindy

[Bruce Macomber]

Update

I have a short update about Payton.

Yesterday Katie and I went to have her heavy casts removed from her surgery to remove her achilles tendon. They then replaced them with the normal casting they will do each and every week. I have enclosed a photo of the Children's Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Sung and an assistant replacing the casting. Payton was crying quite a bit as the doctor said she was tender still from the surgery, poor baby!! I kept busy by taking a couple of pictures, so grandma wouldn't cry.

PRAISE GOD THAT SHE HAS A HEEL NOW....THANK YOU LORD FOR THAT MIRACLE FROM YOU GUIDING THE DOCTORS AND THE CASTING PERSONNEL.

Next week Katie will be going to a special clinic that will give Payton a complete medical history and where she is on the progression of her development. This clinic will be able to have a physical therapist come into Katie and Isaiah's home and hopefully show the family even more ways to get Payton's limbs and joints to move. We are all very pleased about this wonderful resource. I will share with you about that visit as I am going with Katie to this appointment.

Well again thank you for praying and believing in the miracles that Jesus is doing in Payton through his own creative healing as well as through the doctors, technicians, assistants and everyone involved in Payton's care. Mom and Dad are faithfully stretching Payton knowing it is producing some incredible movement and flexibility.

Let us continue to have faith for a full recovery and healing for Payton Grace. Our God is a "BIG GOD" and can do this; I thank Him for His daily miracles in Payton!

Love,
Cindy

[Bruce Macomber]

Update:

Lots of things to tell you.

1. Payton's achilles surgery did not go as well as the surgeon had hoped. They were placing casts on her weekly but he felt that was not helping her feet like he had wanted. So now it is up to Katie and Isaiah to continue to do physical therapy on her, and that is a lot of pressure. We are believing in miracles still for the knees to be unbowed and for the feet to continue to progress despite the doctors report, thank you Lord for your miracle working in Payton daily. We pray this for sweet baby.

2. Last weekend Payton was at emergency at Children's Hospital again. Seems like she has a lower immune system and seems to pick up viruses (wasn't from grandma, I stayed way way away from that precious one). She was having seizures and running a slight fever (thank God not a high fever). They were there for about 12 hours and then she was discharged and is doing fine now. We pray for her immune system to strengthen and for her not to get any other sickness or virus, amen.

3. Payton is not focusing like she should. Right now we have no idea what she can see or can't see. The eye specialist says its too early to tell but there are some definate problems there with the brain and the missing balance and coordination piece, that is affecting her eyes and sight issues. We ask Jesus to heal her eyes so that she can see and focus and smile at all of us, amen Precious Lord.

4. Next week there will be a case worker that works with disabilities coming to Katie and Isaiah's home, every week. They will focus and help Katie and Isaiah be able to work with Payton's issues and give them the support they need. It sounds like an incredible program. Thank you Father God for giving these people insight and wisdom into Payton's daily care. We ask for supernatural miracles daily in Payton.

Well that's it, thank you for your continued support, prayers and encouragement. Especially to you who send me an email every now and then, that is very comforting.

God bless you so much!
Love,
Cindy

[Bruce Macomber]

Miraculous Praise Report

I am so excited to share with you the wonderful news we received from Payton's MRI...and the glory goes to the Lord!

Let me explain:

Last week I went with Katie and Payton to Children's for her four month old MRI of the brain. It was much better than the first time but still frightening, as there is such a high risk with anesthetic and babies. But even more so in children with arthrogryposis as they are unable to find veins to place the IV in. She was poked so many times and had so many little holes everywhere. One time they had to place it in her scalp, because they couldn't get it to any vein elsewhere...yikes!

It was a long day as we headed from Enumclaw to Seattle at 6:00 am and arrived home around 5:45 pm. But the day was glorious, thank you Jesus.

After the MRI and the 4-5 hour waiting period to make sure Payton was coming out of the anesthetic okay we waited around for the neurosurgeon who was to read the MRI and find out if the tumor was still there as well as check all the other brain abnormalities. He was late (over an hour) and we were so anxious to hear what he had to say.

The issues they were monitoring again were:
1. Hydrocephalus (swelling on the brain), which would always be there as it never goes away. They are just concerned that it would get bigger.
2. Vermian defect (missing piece of the brain that affects coordination and balance). It would always be missing, impossible to grow back.
3. Tumor (not sure what kind or what it is) but very concerned about it.
4. Corpus collusim (missing piece that signals back and forth from the right to the left brain).

The results:
1. NO HYDROCEPALUS...none!
2. VERMIAN DEFECT GONE...piece there!
3. TUMOR DIMINISHING...nearly gone!
4. Corpus collusim still there but the doctor says there is a 50/50 chance she will not have any problems from this missing piece. Some kids do some don't.

THIS IS A TOTAL CREATIVE MIRACLE HEALING FROM GOD...HE IS THE ONLY ONE THAT COULD DO THIS IN PAYTON GRACE.

The brain does amazing things as it adapts to it's surrounding, but you will always have swelling the doctors say and the vermian defect could never grow back. So this is only a God thing! And the doctors of course had no answer to this phenomenon but we all know how it happened....JESUS!

I know you are all rejoicing with all of us concerning Payton. I cannot tell you what it means to me to have our prayers "of faith" being answered in such a miraculous way. As we have stormed the gates of heaven and overflowed the prayer room we have gained favor from God and He has released His healing power in Payton's life.

What an amazing God we serve and the glory goes to Christ Jesus and He alone.

"By His stripes Payton was healed" as promised in His Word, we serve a faithful God.

Again nothing, nothing I can do or say can thank you enough....nothing.

Payton still has a hard road ahead (eyesight is the biggest thing I'm praying about right now) and she is getting physical therapy by Katie and Isaiah daily! One thing Katie did say was that she was so discouraged with the fact that she didn't know if Payton would ever even be able to use a fork to feed herself but with the coordination and balance missing how much more difficult could it get. That was her biggest relief when the doctor told her there was nothing on the MRI. Thank you Heavenly Father.

Well I've talked enough but needed to get this out to all of you to thank you and give you a miracle praise report for little Miss Payton Grace. You are all precious to me and someday she will read all your sweet notes, prayers and encouragement to her and be so blessed. Thank you again, doesn't seem enough but it's all I can say.

GLORY TO GOD FOR PAYTON'S MIRACLE HEALING!

Love you,
Cindy

PS: Payton's smiling and praising God too!