10/11 - Good News!!!

Elijah is doing very well today. He is continuing to make progress in the feeding area, eating formula from a spoon. He is having more reflux, which confirms the fact he needs a Nissen. Tammy was able to chat with Dr. Hess this morning, and he had some wonderful news. He had said Elijah will have his next dilation and an MRI on Tuesday. He will also have his Nissen on Thursday, as opposed to the following week. If all goes well, with no complications, as soon as he recovers he will get to LEAVE the hospital and come here to the RMH for a while. At this point, we are probably looking at around 2 weeks of staying here. But that is completely acceptable, as long as we are all back together. Please pray for this week as several things will be happening with him, and specifically that all goes well and he does recover quickly. Dr. Hess is working on finding us a place nearby (i.e. Cincy or Knoxville) where Eli can have more dilations. He will likely need them around every two weeks, so he wants us to be closer to home and not have to travel to Minnesota for a dilation. Any major stuff, we would come back here. Of course, we are beside ourselves and can't really believe we are talking about the end of this part of the journey. We are cautiously optimistic that things will continue to go well. We continue to pray for God's hand to be upon us and that he will guide and direct each step. We know that He is in control.

We may actually be home for the benefit concert, which would be wonderful. We are anticipating an exciting time of celebration and worship as we praise God for all He has done. We truly invite each and every one to come and join in. With God's help, we will be there as well. The information regarding the benefit is at the top of the page. We know it will be a special time.

Thanks to all.... God bless...