This site is dedicated to little Zachary Elsenpeter. Zachary is a 5 year old boy who received a kidney transplant from his father Wade Elsenpeter on December 1, 2004.

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Apr 03, 2009

We are home!!!   The DRS let us go home at 5pm today and it is 10:30 and we are all still a wake but Zachary; after a lovely dinner as a family Zachary crashed in his own bed. “Thank you Linda for dinner”

It is so nice to all be home; I’ am not sure how long we will all be together; just because the DRS are still a little hesitate about Zachary getting another bowel obstruction. I think he looks great! He is not moving very fast because he still has all of his tubes and they made us go home with his Pick Line. Every time Zachary has ever had a Pick line it always gets infected. This time I know it will NOT! he also has his Mitroffanof and his G-jube to continuous drine so he gets to walk around with a nice bladder bag and Ferral bag taped to his leg and he is on 24/7 feeds, so he also gets to carry a back pack with his feeding pump. It was so cute because the first thing he did when we got home was he wanted to lie down in his own bed and then play his Video games on the big TV.

I will post more on his recovery and i have lots of new pictures. It is so nice to all be a family again under the same roof.

I am making a video of our hospital stay and a Montage so keep checking back for updates and for Zach’s VIDEO!!~

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers,

Stacey

Posted by elsenpeters | Post Categories: Zachary
Leave a comment | 11 Responses to “We are home!!”

I couldn’t believe that Zach was home when I read your update!! Awesome. I know this has been hard on your whole family, and I’m glad your back together. Keep your chin up! We love you guys. Tell Kiley we love to see her on Layton’s webpage and YES we plan on getting together as soon as Zach is healthy. She is welcome to come play with Logan any time –
Leah

Mark Frederick

ALLELUIA!

That is so AWESOME. I am so happy for you and pray that his recovery continues and that you get to spend lots of family time TOGETHER.

Thanks for keeping up the postings.

Adrienne McGeehan

AMEN you are home!! I hope Zachary continues to recover well!!!! I am glad he finally got to come home to his own bed and to see his family! Continued prayers for your family who much deserves a break!!!!!!

Paul & Rita Hahn

What? Zach is home? Thank God for that—praise God, in fact! I wish I could have seen him again—we have an autoharp and I was trying to figure out a way that you or Wade could hold down a key while Zach strummed, I plucked and we all tried to sing. Hmmmm. Well, if Zach has to go back in, maybe we could work on that. In the meantime? Give that boy a big hug from me! He sure was a bright spot on the 5th floor!

the Uchytils

Yippee!!! There’s no place like home!!! Keep those magic red shoes handy so that home is always just a few clicks away.
Love-n-Hugs, the Uchytils

Bonnie Bragg

YAY!!! That is such great news. Hopefully Zachary will continue to feel better every day. I bet it will help a lot just being at home in his own bed!

To quote Aunty Fern ” oh, that’s just Wonderful! ”

Best wishes for lots more Happy Days ahead.

YEAH! Best news of the day! I am so happy for you all! Hugs, The Winslows

Carol Wiest

I am so happy to hear that Zach is home and you are all together in one place – I can’t imagine what a relief it must be. I will keep you all in my thoughts and prayers that his health will just keep getting better and better!

Carol

YEAH!!!! I am soo happy you are home!!!! I guess I can take “zach’s” number out of my phone now and I can call you at home!

anne grahl

FANTASTIC NEWS!!! Wow, the best news!!! HOME, HOME, home. Home sweet home!! I bet Zachary felt so good to be in his own bed at home. And all of you eating together as a family. It brings tears to my eyes. Keep him going slowly, one step at a time. He will get there!! HUGS!!! The Grahls. Mason says “peace out dude”.