The Southern Gospel Sound of Redemption

Hi Everybody!

Just wanted to write and let you all know, as of Saturday night Rachelle and Mom are home from the hospital after a nine day stay!

Our prayers were answered even more then we hoped for, Rachelle's PH probe test came back normal, and the upper GI showed minimal signs of acid reflex. So she didn't have to have surgery.

Instead she had a procedure where they put a tiny camera down her throat look down to her stomach and it shows them where to put the tube (lined up with her stomach), and they makes a tiny hole smaller then her belly button. It only took about 30 minutes and she did very well. (she was a sleep) It was done Friday at 10:15am and we were sent home Saturday evening.

We are now adjusting to the changes in our feeding routine. Also to some new meds she's taking. We had so many visits and calls! That helped so much.

I couldn't use my cell phone in the hospital and I couldn't make calls from the room unless they were collect. So Thank you to all those who helped get the updates out to others!

Thank you to everyone who offered to help, brought food, took care of Todd and Josh, all the gifts for Rachelle and especially for all the prayers, I know there was a huge amount of those! It's times like this that brings a strong bond of the Lords love between us all and what a blessed feeling that is!!

It's going to take some time for Rachelle to get back to her cheery self. I can't wait to see those smiles and giggles again.

We love you all!
Teresa, Todd, Josh and Rachelle

Our Rachelle Update: Monday - January 8, 2007