The Most YIPPEE JESUS News in FOREVER!!

Linny Saunders48 Comments

I slept through several text messages and phone calls….gracious we were out of it. The phone rang just after 10am and it was the surgical ward. They wanted us to come right in. Only one problem, we had let him have a little bowl of cereal at 8 because they had said last night that it was okay. Sure would have been nice if they had called sooner.

So now we will be going to the hospital at 2pm and surgery will be sometime after that. I will keep updating my Twitter.

Anyway, now on to the most exciting news in forever!!! Yesterday when we were meeting with Dr. Morquende we mentioned Isaiah’s hands. For those who haven’t been visiting with us at A Place Called Simplicity for long don’t know about Isaiah’s hands. But Arthrogryposis has taken its toll on our little guy and it affects both his hands and his legs. Isaiah has told us since he arrived home 22 months ago that his hands trouble him. Of course that breaks our hearts and we tell him all the time how beautiful his hands are. (They really are!) But he is troubled by them and although they are functional they also limit him a great deal.

We had taken Isaiah to two different hand specialists and neither gave us any hope. Even at Isaiah’s young age he had grieved when the second doctor said there was nothing that could be done. We had grieved as a family…..we just know how troubled he is by his hands.

Last week Dr. Hatch (where Isaiah has been having his weekly castings) said, “When you are in Iowa City you need to ask Dr. M to look at Isaiah’s hands. I really believe that there is something that a hand specialist in Iowa could do for him.” Thank you Dr. Hatch for giving us hope – you have been such an awesome blessing!!

So yesterday I mentioned Isaiah’s hands to Dr. M. He picked them up and started examining his hands and said, “I would like a colleague of mine to come by and see what she thinks. She is a hand surgeon, and I just believe that there is something she can do.”

In a few minutes in walked Dr. L. She examined Isaiah’s hands and said, “I will need to do a deeper examination so you will have to set up an appointment, but I am certain that we can do somethings for Isaiah!!!” I am starting to cry as I type.

First off, she gave us HOPE!! Second she was so positive about it all!! She then said, “We will start with fitting him for hand splints that he can wear at night. I will get you in right now to get those made!!” Really? Yes – REALLY! Within about 1/2 hour we were in a clinic at the hospital getting hand splints made right then and there. There are four parts to the splints and Isaiah eagerly put them on last night. He is so excited to have his hands worked on.

This morning when we took the splints off he said,”Look Mommy! My fingers are straighter!” Sweet baby boy!!

So the plan is that we will come back for an appointment in a few weeks and meet with her again. She will look at the x-rays and we will have Isaiah fit again for another set of splints that will therapeutically continue to move his finger positions. The plan is that eventually he will have hand surgery – one hand at a time.

Rejoice with us!!! Imagine the hope and joy that she gave yesterday!! Little did we know that our Miracle-working, Mountain-moving, Awe-inspiring, Gasp-giving God had such a wonderful surprise awaiting us here in Iowa City!! Oh – – – Yippee Jesus!!

48 thoughts on “The Most YIPPEE JESUS News in FOREVER!!”

  6. Oh that is such wonderful news! I remember when you first posted about Isaiah's hands and how they deeply bothered him…I remember you saying how you would kiss them and tell him how perfect his hands were. Oh…I wept when I read that so long ago. Now…Jesus has lead you to just the right doctor who has the knowledge to help his sweet hands.

    Now I'm weeping again! Thank you Jesus!!!

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  10. Hi Linn & Dw,

    we have been and will continue to pray. I'm laughing and weeping as i read the good news about Isaiah's hands!

    Other good news – did you see Seth & Maria's email that they had 70 at church yesterday!!

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  13. Yipee! Your family is in our prayers as I have been following you off of Stefanie at No hands But Ours.

    And guess what? We live in Des Moines! And we moved here from Iowa City!

    You have now given ME hope as well. We started the SN adoption process, and DW started to get cold feet. I am praying that as he realizes how close we are to EXCELLENT medical care, he will come back around.

    Praise God for his work in little Isaiah.

    Linny-you are true inspiration.

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  14. Oh, Linny! I am so thrilled. That boy of yours is SOOO sweet…it broke my heart that he was so troubled about his hands. Yep, YIPPEE JESUS!!!! 🙂

    Oh…and you have to add Sarah to the side bar! 🙂 As I'm sure you know! 🙂

    Hugs from CT!…Nancy

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  17. OH MY WORD!!!!!!! THAT IS BEYOND EXCITING! What an amazing surprise God had in store for you. Isaiah is such a trooper – he inspires me. Tell him that Katrina loves him, misses him, and that we are all praying for all of you. Praying specifically for Dw to be healed, for you to have supernatural rest & peace, and for Isaiah's surgery to go as planned. Love you all!

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  22. Yippee Jesus!! Praise our Lord!!

    That is awesome news!! I am so happy that they can work on his sweet hands!!

    I am excited to follow along and pray for him!!
    Blessings!!

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  23. Praise God!!!! Sweet Isaiah is getting his hands fixed too. Yea for the great doctors in Iowa that see the positive in treating our wonderful kids!

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  25. Rejoicing with you in the sweet news about Isaiah's little hands!!!

    Praying right now (for all of you) as your precious boy goes through surgery!

    Yippee Jesus, Thank You for showing yourself BIG in Iowa City! Amen and Amen!!

    Love you guys,

    Tina

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  27. I continue to be so amazed and inspired by your entire family! You have had so much on your plate! I'm exhausted just reading about everything that you've had going on! I will continue to pray for you and your family; especially today with Isaiah's surgery! Thanks again for the reminder that our God is a Miracle-Working, Mountain-Moving, Awe-Inspiring, Gasp-Giving God!
    Blessings!

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  28. All I can say is God has been so GOOD to your family once again!!! I am so happy for little Isaiha. He seems to have such a SWEET, TENDER heart.-I look forward to hear what he does with those little hands that God is restoring!!

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  29. Linn, such wonderful news about Isaiah's hands! I had been praying specifically that the Iowa Dr would be able to do something for his hands – PRAISE THE LORD!! I am indeed rejoicing with you!!

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  32. woohooooooo!!!! That is a HUGE yippee Jesus! "Hope"–isn't is just such a beautiful word. How the Father takes our hoplesness and turns it into GLORIOUS HOPE–how He put just the right doctor across your path is absolutely miraculous. Never say never, hey? How amazing is our God, sweet Linny?????

    Praying this afternoon–send us MORE good news really soon 🙂

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  34. awwww. that is very sweet. I'm so glad that the doctors can do something that will make him feel so good on the inside. I've never even noticed anything about his hands…

    Sorry that Ive been such a bad blogger lately. I do check in on your family all the time though… yours is most definitely my favorite blog, never a dull moment!
    ~Rebecca

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  39. I'm crying, too, as I read this. Thank you, Lord, for caring about Isaiah's hands, and for taking him right to the doctor who can offer hope! He is truly the God of hope! Rejoicing, and praying for Isaiah, and for all of you.

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  46. I am sitting here awash in tears.

    So very happy and grateful.

    Remember… I had prayed for unexpected blessings.

    How amazing. The timing of God is just amazing.

    I am just completely choked up thinking about Isaiah being so happy to have his hands worked on. Can you imagine – his life anywhere else? What a grateful and beyond sweet boy you have.

    Praising HIM!

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  47. Such wonderful news for Isaiah and I am praying for Dw as the tests are being run and pray for complete healing of his liver in the name of Jesus….by his stripes we are healed.

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