Zachary not feeling so well ...

Zachary went into Antibody , Acute and Chronic rejection September 30, 2009, He developed very high class 2 Antibodies . Zachary’s kidney is to damaged to repair, and with his high Antibodies it is going to be very difficult to find him a new Kidney. If you would like to be Zachary’s HERO and get tested to see if you are a match…PLEASE CALL… (612) 625-2186 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

Sorry for the lack of updates,……  This year is NOT starting out to be a good year…On Friday last week Zachary was really tired all day and fell a sleep for the night by 6pm. Than Saturday he woke up having lots of back and chest pain . I was worried so I brought him to the U of M. He slept the whole drive and visit . They did X-rays that confirmed another bowel obstruction… Not good  :( ……. They started him on Go-lytley to get his bowels moving … and than he had great results that night ! Last time he was on Go-Lytley for 3 days before any results.!  Today is Monday and he is still very sleepy and just doesn’t look good. Ever since he went into rejection in October , he has not looked good and seems to have very little energy.   His Blood pressures are high AGAIN!! Today he woke up with a blood pressure of 133/96 !!  YUCK….  So tomorrow we are heading back to the U of M to see his Kidney DR to come up with a plan. They are also talking about doing further testing to see if Christine “HERO” is a match.

We are also talking about going back to Mayo for another opinion …on GI issues…and talk about what they think about this whole Kidney rejection and Transplant.

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers,

Stacey

Zachary went into Antibody , Acute and Chronic rejection September 30, 2009, He developed very high class 2 Antibodies . Zachary’s kidney is to damaged to repair, and with his high Antibodies it is going to be very difficult to find him a new Kidney. If you would like to be Zachary’s HERO and get tested to see if you are a match…PLEASE CALL… (612) 625-2186 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 New Year !!! I am so glad that 2009 is over….. This was not a good year for our family. My little Zachary had many ups and downs.. More downs than ups. I have a good feeling about 2010 ! We are so thankful for all of our Family , Friends and Zachary’s Fan for all the love and support that they give us this year. You helped us through many rough day and nights. Thank you

Zachary had his labs drawn today and his Hemoglobin and Red blood cell counts are very low.. So tonight we had to give him another Epo shot … He was not happy  :( The rest of his labs are still about the same.. His kidney function is actually coming down.. And his blood pressure are going back up ! Today 167/95 ! Wow… I didn’t like to see that this morning, and with him on 5 blood pressure meds.. How scary !

The last two nights Zachary has been getting sick between 12-3am puking and coughing… Not fun, for him or anyone…. He has also  been running a low grade fever for the last couple of days .. The Dr did start him on a Antibiotic for a sinus infection on Tuesday.. Not really sure on what is going on. Hopefully it is just viral.

The good news .. Zachary is now 42 pounds for a dry weight !!!!!  He was stuck at 39lb for 7 months !!  We upped his tube feed and added Duolo Cal to help fating him up and it is working.

Overall he is doing great   he still gets tired pretty easy and it seems like every other day he will have a good day and then a bad day.  I just can’t wait for him to feel better soon……

Don’t forget about this amazing girl .. Her name is Vivica,

This is Vivica and Zachary

and is is fighting for her life living on Dialysis. With over 100 people that are willing to be Zachary’s HERO. I am amazed! Vivica and her family would be grateful if theses 100 people that didn’t match Zachary would get tested to see if they could be her HERO. That would be the greatest gift ever!!

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/vivicaloyd/guestbook

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers,

Stacey Elsenpeter

What a great Christmas that we had !! We are all home as a family  :) It is so nice to sleep in my own bed, to eat in my own Kitchen, to shower in my own shower.   Wow, and to take theses small things for granted… But when you don’t have them , You realize how much you need them and miss them.

Now that Christmas is over we look forward to a new year….. This year we pray for a HERO to be found to save our Zachary. We pray for the Health of our family and friends and we pray for God to guide these Doctors to protect our Children and our health.

I talked to the transplant center today about a possible potential match. They will draw Zachary’s blood and her blood at the same time and will have to ship it the same day to Chicago. It is going to be a long process because his Antibodies are so high. So far over 100 people have called in to be tested. WOW! That is amazing !! You are all HERO’S !

There is another little amazing girl .. Her name is Vivica,

This is Vivica and Zachary

and is is fighting for her life living on Dialysis. With over 100 people that are willing to be Zachary’s HERO. I am amazed! Vivica and her family would be grateful if theses 100 people that didn’t match Zachary would get tested to see if they could be her HERO. That would be the greatest gift ever!!

http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/vivicaloyd/guestbook

Thank you for your thoughts and prayers,

Stacey Elsenpeter

Merry Christmas.!!!!! We have so much to be thankful for…………… We are all home as a family   For all of the amazing HERO’S that have been tested to save our son’s life . And for Christine , The amazing mom of two that might be Zachary’s HERO. We met Christine  3 years ago at Kidney camp. Who knew that 3 years later ,  she would be in our life again. Thank you Christine and Merry Christmas.

Zachary woke up at 11pm last night throwing up with a fever. I thought for sure that we would be spending Christmas in the hospital. When he woke up in the morning he still had a low grade fever but was feeling great. He was happy to see that Santa came.. And with Lots of presents. We spent Christmas at my Dad’s house with my side of the family. It was wonderful to see my brother and Sister  and there kids. My cousin Amanda and her boyfriend  Randy was also there. It was so nice to see everybody. On Sunday we are planning to go to Wade’s Parents house to see his family.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year…..

Thank you for all your thoughts and prayers,

Stacey

I just got off the phone with a potential match !! I am crying typing this right now……. After the Holidays they will draw her blood and Zachary’s blood at the same time and mix their blood together. When their blood is together they will look for a reaction. PLEASE PRAY FOR NO REACTION…

Thank you Christine… You have the biggest HEART !

This is the best Christmas presents EVER

We still want people to call in and get tested until we know for sure that they are a perfect match.. In my heart I feel it

Please pray that they are a 6 out of 6 match

Thank you,

Stacey