This site is dedicated to little Zachary Elsenpeter. Zachary is a 8 year old boy who received a kidney transplant from his father Wade Elsenpeter on December 1, 2004.

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Nov 27, 2009

Zachary and Great grandma

Zachary and Great grandma

……………………….. YOU CAN SAVE A LIFE …………………………………

If you would like to be Zachary’s HERO and get tested to see if you are a match…PLEASE CALL… (612) 625-5115 Option 5-8-1 This is the donor line. Zachary is A+ If you are A+ A- O+ O- and are in good health, under age 60 with good Blood pressures and no Diabetes you could be Zachary’s HERO!!!! Let them Know it is for Zachary Elsenpeter ….. When you leave a message please be PATIENCE. They will call you back
12-17-03

Happy Thanksgiving….

We are Thankful for being home as a family and to celebrate Thanks for so many things. This has been a very tough year for Zachary and our family. Zachary has had many surgeries and horrifing complications. Sitting in a waiting room not knowing if your child is going to make a through a surgery, praying over your child’s bed, praying just to take him home one last time so you can be a family all under on roof. Yes, We have many things to be thankful for. We are home.. all as a family. We have made it through many difficult obstacles , and have many handles to still over come. Almost 5 yrs ago My husband, father and Hero gave Zachary a second chance at life .He has giving Zachary 5 Years of life that he would of not had without his life saving Transplant. thank you Wade!! WE LOVE YOU!!
We are thankful for our family, friends and complete strangers that have helped through these difficult times and have come forward to see if they can help and be Zachary’s HERO.. I can’t even put it all in words. Thank you…

Zachary has been pretty tired lately and not feel the greatest. His energy level changes every other day. One day he is wild and the next he wont even get out of bed. I am not sure why he has so many ups and downs. On Monday Zachary is going back into the hospital for more testing. The plan is to only be in for a week, but we will see how he does.

Our family is so thankful for everybody that have called to see if they can be Zachary’s Hero. I know that people have called and are still waiting for a cal back. BE PATIENCE … They will call you back. The Transplant center is open again on Monday from 9 am to 4pm and I am thinking A LOT of people are calling for Zachary.
It brings me to tears knowing how many people are wanting to help. I just can’t thank everybody enough!!!

Thank you.. Thank you… Thank you…

The plan for this week is Zachary is going to be admitted on Monday morning at 10 am. He will go down for sedation to put a tube in his nose into his esophagus to monitor the acid in his stomach and to determine how many times he refluxes into the back of his throat. Zachary has had 2 Nissenfundoplactions and his last one they perforated his stomach and they had to do a Nissen take down. Zachary is getting aspiration Pneumonia and now has chronic Lung damage. The Drs. want to see how bad he is refluxing to see if they need to repeat a 3 rd Nissen, which no DR want to do unless he is critical

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers,
Stacey

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Leave a comment | 2 Responses to “Happy Thanksgiving”

I will continue to pray for Zachary and the rest of the family. I hope all of the testing goes well next week and it gives the doctors some answers and direction. Luke goes for another round of IVIG next Friday and another biopsy the week after that. It looks like this Christmas will be very busy for the both of our families. Take care and may God bless your family.

anne grahl

Happy Thanksgiving!! We will be praying for Zachary’s procedure this week. I hope they can figure things out. HUGS!!