March 16, 2007
Life since Christmas has been pretty good for Natalie! She has really enjoyed going back to school since Christmas break and her illnesses. She continued to make progress with her friends and enjoy being around them (plus coming home worn out!).
We are now in Children’s Hospital again, but this time it was planned. Natalie had several procedures done to check for the source of her pancreatitis attacks, her pnuemonia, and to get her tonsils and adenoids removed. She is such a trooper! She is doing well, as we are in the hospital room as I am typing this. She is resting comfortably and we look forward to going home in the morning.
Her pancreatic scope was showing that one of her ducts was really tight and wasn’t letting anything out of it, so it was fixed. Now only time will tell if she redevelops pancreatitis again, but we are praying that she doesn’t. Her lung scope was ok, and everything looked good with her in that area, with no concerns. Natalie’s pulmonologist was glad that her tonsils were coming out because they were so large that they were occluding her airway some.
Please keep Natalie in your prayers as we get through the next two weeks of recovery from her tonsil surgery. We greatly appreciate all of your support!