Family Calls Baby a Miracle
Published: September 7, 2003
You can try all you want, but there’s no way you could convince Kat Braxton that there is no such thing as a miracle.
Braxton’s family has been through all sorts of trials over the past several years. Son Shayne had a liver transplant and died eight months later. Daughter Windi Quinby had a heart transplant four years ago at the age of 28, and Braxton herself had a heart transplant last December.
“When one stops to think that over 80,000 people are waiting each day for a life-saving organ transplant, and three people in one family all received an organ just days before doctors said there was ‘no more time,’ that’s the miracle of God’s presence,” says Braxton, who stopped using her married name of Couch after her divorce.
But as far as Braxton is concerned, the biggest miracle may have occurred Sunday, Aug. 24, at Duke Medical Center: Daughter Windi gave birth to a healthy baby boy.
“She was not supposed to have another child,” Braxton says. “The doctors figured that she would probably miscarry.”
Braxton found out about her daughter’s pregnancy while recovering from an emergency appendectomy back in March.
“Windi and Kyle were at Duke visiting me,and she had an ultrasound and echo the day after my surgery,” she says. “She and Kyle came in my room with these beautiful pictures of my new grandson-to-be.”
Braxton was shocked to hear the news, because she knew her daughter had been on birth control.
“I was a little fearful,” she says. “But God is in control, and he once again would touch our lives with a miracle.”
Quinby experienced the normal morning sickness the first trimester and was a little concerned about whether the medication she must take would affect the baby.
“She was full of energy and anticipation of this birth,” her mother says.
Quinby was admitted to Duke Medical Center’s high-risk obstetrics department at 1 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 24, delivering her baby by Caesarean section that night at 9:38 o’clock. Little Christopher Charles Quinby weighed in at 7 pounds, 3 ounces, and measured 20 inches in length.
“They were hoping for a vaginal delivery, but at the last minute, the baby would not take his hand off his head, and they made the decision to do a section,” Braxton says. “With tears in her eyes, Windi said, ‘Mom, Christopher is praising God before he arrives.’”
Braxton said the family was told that only 30 women worldwide have given birth after receiving a heart transplant.
The family was able to take the baby home to Garner on Wednesday, Aug. 27.
“They are all trying to catch up on some well-needed rest,” Braxton says.
Christopher is named for Christopher Hudson, the 17-year-old whose heart Quinby received during her transplant.
“His family is so excited and will be coming to a cookout at my home on Sept. 13 to meet Christopher,” Braxton says.
Christopher has a sister, Kayla, and is the great-grandson of John and Rachel Braxton of Carthage.
Braxton says she is doing well after her transplant nine months ago.
“I have had one rejection, one appendectomy, one attack by the DNA virus, and am now on medication for Rocky Mountain spotted fever,” she says. “But God is awesome, and every time there is a valley, he brings me to the mountaintop.”
Braxton has recently bought a new home between Carthage and Sanford and is working on a manuscript about the organ transplants her family received.
“The name of the books will be ‘My Cup Runneth Over,’” she says.
Sometimes work on the book goes slowly, because of the emotional nature of the memories.
“I weep a lot trying to get the words on paper,” she says, “and many times I shout with joy in all the miracles God has blessed me with.”
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