On Sept 5 Trey had an endoscopy and colonscoy in Omaha at UNMC. They wanted to do this to rule out “things” because of all of his diarrhea. He did really good for not having anything to eat or drink for 8 hours prior to the tests. It never gets any easier each time you see your child being put to sleep, handing them over and knowing that he is going to be intubated. The good news was that the initial pictures showed nothing alarming and just yesterday we got word that the biopsies showed nothing alarming either. As we were leaving the testing area life flight saw Trey and asked if he wanted to go to the roof and see the helicopter. Trey got to get inside the helicopter and explore a little. He thought that it was really cool. For mom it brought back memories of being flown in from Lincoln.

On another note, we have some sad news. Mildred Gulzow, Jeff’s grandma and Trey’s great grandma passed away last Wednesday, September 17 at the age of 86. She was such a wonderful woman who cared so much for all of us. There was a beautiful service on Monday. It was evident that grandma cared and loved us….the number of people who stopped us and asked about Trey and the girls and asked how we were all doing. We thank you all for your support for grandma and to our family these past 2 1/2 years. It is because of your prayers and support that has gotten us to where we are and that Trey is still here with us today. We love your grandma Mildred Gulzow!

Throughtout the weeked I kept praying and checking on Gavin who is from Liver Families (a support website). He had been waiting for a liver since April and his body was failing him. With sadness we learned he passed away Monday. He was only 11 months old. He comes from a beutiful family that has two other children. Please keep them in your prayers during this difficult time. When we look back to all the what ifs we feel so blessed that Trey is here with us today and we hug him and our girls even more. If not already please consider being an organ donor.

The girls love school and their teachers. Anna is having a late roller skating 6th birthday party with her classmates this weekend. (her birthday is in the summer) She is all excited and can’t wait.

Last Friday on September 19th, Jeff and I celebrated our 10 year anniversary. It is hard to believe how fast the years go by. We had to cancel our plans last weekend but we may get away without kids for a night this weekend.

We hope everyone is staying healthy and enjoying the cooler days.