Its a go!

Seren has hit the seven month mark. I didn't mark the occasion because we had a very busy week last week. Most importantly, Seren had her appointment with the ped. surgeon and he's approved the G-tube surgery. This procedure places her feeding tube into her stomach instead of having to have it through her nose. It seems like the nose tube might irritate her a bit so inserting the tube directly into her stomach will be a more comfortable long-term solution. Yesterday she had an upper GI, and, while the initial report didn't seem to show anything we don't have the full report yet. However, as of right now it seems like the sugery will be a simple laproscopic G-tube insertion.

The sugery SHOULD be scheduled by now but I haven't received a call from UNC yet. Seren will be kept overnight at UNC for the procedure so we need to go ahead and get this scheduled in order to make any necessary arrangements.

We are registered for the 5k in Roanoke on Thanksgiving Day. Hope to see some people there! Happy Holidays.

Running and Running

Its the beginning of yet another month so I'll be collecting miles! One friend completed the NYC Marathon and one the Raleigh half marathon so that was a really big deal runningwise. I think I have suckered Lance and my nieces into running in the Roanoke Drumstick Dash with me on Thanksgiving morning. I've been getting lots of miles from friends from home so I thought I would tell anyone in Roanoke that would be interested in joining us that the signup info is here www.rescuemission.net//category/drumstick_dash/ (I can't get that be a live link so you'll have to cut and paste).

Seren's appointment for the G-tube consultation is next week. Other than that things remain the same. Her latest ear infection seems to be clearing up and we are getting close to a seven month birthday. More updates soon.