Duck Dynasty's Missy Robertson on Faith, Miracles in New Book 'Blessed, Blessed … Blessed' (Interview)
A specialist monitored Robertson's blood every three weeks, watching antibodies to determine how severely the Rh incompatibility was affecting the baby. If Missy's numbers rose to a critical point, they would have to perform a C-section.
Missy and Jase had enlisted their army of prayer warriors. Robertson writes " … Jase and I, along with our family and friends, continued to pray that even though the odds were stacked against our baby, he or she would not be adversely affected by the Rh incompatibility."
Weeks later, the final results were in: Missy's level of antibodies continued to remain low. Doctors were baffled.
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One of Robertson's physicians said, "There's no explanation for this, Missy, except one: The baby must have negative blood."
Overjoyed, Missy came to her own conclusion about how her daughter's blood, which should have been positive, was somehow negative.
" … God hears and answers prayers," she writes. "He does not need good odds. He can make the impossible possible and bring a victory when the chances seem insurmountable."
In Blessed, Blessed … Blessed, another faith-stretching moment occurs when Mia has to wear orthodontic headgear — to help correct a 15-millimeter overbite — in preparation for a "distraction" surgery where a medical device called a "halo" is screwed into her skull. After Missy confers with another parent whose son had already had the surgery and wears a halo, she learns of his depression, lack of appetite and refusal to go to school, and Missy's dread for the surgery increases.
Horrified by the idea of Mia having a device screwed into her skull and having to stay in intensive care and experience a long recovery, Missy once again sets out on a mission.
She writes, "I did not want Mia to have to undergo that surgery, so I started praying fervently — again — for God to deliver us." Missy prayed that the headgear would correct Mia's overbite so dramatically that the distraction surgery would not be necessary.
After one year of wearing the headgear, the results were in. Not only had the headgear moved Mia's jaw the one millimeter that doctors had hoped for, Mia's jaw had shifted an unprecedented 10 millimeters.
Robertson writes, "Diligence, faithfulness, and lots of prayer from many people had worked a miracle."
But the family was not out of the woods. As it turns out, doctors said the distraction surgery was still necessary after all. But by now, Mia's doctor was familiar with the family's track record of faith and prayer.
"You are a praying people," the doctor said. "I've seen the results. If anybody can change this, it's you guys."
Again, Robertson and her team of prayer warriors prayed that Mia's jaw would grow enough that she would not need the distraction surgery. Eight months later, Missy was stunned by what had transpired.
After a visit with Mia's doctor, Missy learned that her daughter would still need the distraction surgery, but that wasn't all. In a surprise development, Mia's doctor had perfected the invention of a new device that made the cumbersome and dreaded halo unnecessary.
God had once again answered their prayers.
Jase and Missy Robertson continue on the journey with their daughter Mia in her treatment for cleft lip and palate, and they're taking the trip in stride.
Robertson paraphrased Romans 5: 3-4 when she told CP, " … Suffering produces perseverance, perseverance produces character and character produces hope."
