HAPPY NATIONAL DONOR DAY!!!
& HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!!

We have so much to be thankful for……… Zachary is doing AWESOME! Today he went on a field trip with his school!! He is not back in school for another month….But, he is VERY ready to go back!! He is only about 5 weeks out from Transplant and his immune system is still to weak..

Last night he woke up at 3am!! 3AM!!! and was CRAZY EXCITED about his party at school today!! They went bowling this morning and now we are heading back up to the school for his party… He is pacing back and forth wanting to go back to school…..My SILLY little boy!!

Overall, Zachary is proving to all of us that MIRACLES do happen and he is doing AMAZING!!!

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YESTERDAY…Sorry I didn’t update sooner. Yesterday Zachar had a very very very tough time in recovey. His body has had enough and now has another allergy to another medication. I will never give my child Versed AGAIN! He has had many times in the past and the last five times waking up he had gotten very combative and hallucinates. Today was far the worst I have ever seen him… He didn’t know who I was, very combative, hallucinated, pull tubes out and just very out of control. We had to pad his bed and hold him down for hours. My heart was so tested today. I had so many fears of him not coming out of this state… It took hours and lots of meds to finally calm him down…. Seeing him like this was very hard for me… I cried all the way home, thanking God for bring my son back…..The Drs said Zacharys little body has been through so much and just doesn’t react like it should..His little body has had enough…Zachary really needs a break so his body can heal…… Please pray for him..

TODAY…..Zachary had a better night…… Me my heart took a while to calm down after yesterday’s event. Zachary is allergic to so many medications…. He can’t have a lot of the main one’s that we use. Like Codeine, Morphine, Anseth, Versed , Vancompycin, Chloraprep,, Sebo which they use when you are put to sleep for surgery and the list goes on and on and on…… My son can only be on certain Antibiotic, because he has built up restraints to so many and nothing works anymore…… Only IV antibiotics work for him. Which scares me to death……I don’t know what the future holds for Zach, but he is here today and loving LIFE and has taugh me to be thankful for today.

Zachary labs are also not were we want them.. His creatinine took a jump and his Prograf level is very very high. Which is not good…. So, today I had to bring him to the hospital this morning for a redrawn and drug levels. I just pray that they are stable enough to stay home.

People don’t realize that we live day to day, living on the edge not knowing what tomorrow will bring or if we will be back in the hospital….. I am so thankful to be home today, to sleep in my own bed, to eat at my own dinner table, to do laundry, just the simple things in LIFE make me happy.

Please pray for Zachary’s body to rest and heal…….. His body is under a lot of stress right now and just needs to rest.

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers,
Stacey
Zachary’s Mommy

Zachary is having another surgery today at the U of M hospital…. Its CRAZY how many times my child has gone under for a surgery. I have no clue and lost count about 3 years ago. Then he was over 30! Now I can say most likely over 50….. The point , Zachary is a fighter and every time he goes under he is a champ! Today the plan is to remove a stent in the kidney and ureter. They are also hopefully going to look at his small bowel and see what kind of blockage he has in his small bowel.

Overall, Zach is doing GREAT!!!

Please say a pray at 2pm today when he goes under..

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers!!

Today is Wednesday Feb 8… As I was driving to the hospital for Zacharys weekly labs, my mind is always thinking how thankful I am to be here today . Just thinking about the last 8 years that my family has been through. A kidney transplant is not a cure, its to prolong my sons life. It’s to give us more time, smiles, giggles and freedom from a machine, dialysis that was keeping my son a live . People don’t realize that having a kidney transplant comes with a Nasty territory. The Nasty medications, fear of cancer, rejection, bone disease and the list goes on and on…… I don’t know why God choose me to be Zacharys mother. He has tested my strength as a parent many times, he has tested heart, my mind and my sanity. He has turned me into the person I am today…. God has givin me so much strength and courage through this Journey. God has givin me an 8 year Journey of many roller coasters and emotions. I could be angry….but, through this Journey I have put all my energy into saving my sons life and promoting organ donation. My son would not be alive today with out his Gift of Life!! So today I live for today and not let my worries think about tomorrow. Life is short and can change in an instant. Please Huge your loved ones and be thankful for your life today.