Welcome to our journey. On March 9th, 2009, our 11 year old daughter tested positive for Systemic Scleroderma, a rare autoimmune disease.

As we follow Kara's health very closely, watching for and treating symptoms, but anticipating healing, we hope that through our journey, you will become our prayer partner, you will be encouraged and find hope in your own circumstances.

"As for me, I will always have hope, I will praise you more and more."
~Psalm 71:14 NIV

Friday, April 17, 2009

Super GI Model!!

Upper GI photoshoot is done!

It's amazing that the prep for an EGD takes about 2 hours when the procedure itself takes about 10 minutes, and recovery about 30 minutes. Kara was a trooper. She was a little scared going in, was asleep within 5 seconds of receiving the meds, and woke up giggling. LOL The first thing on her mind was pancakes!

The doctor said her images look good. It will be about a week for the pathology reports to come back on the tissues being tested. We see her next Friday afternoon, so pray those reports are back for our appointment.

The hospital was able to run the lab work through Kara's IV today, so she doesn't have to be poked again next week! YAY! Pray these labs are in by next Friday also.

Thank you for your prayers. Every step of this journey we are feeling the support of our loved ones.

“Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky.”

-- Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941)
Nobel Prize, Literature (1913)

1 comment:

  1. God is kind and faithful. I'm so glad everything went ok with Kara. I'm glad she had the giggles instead of the other side effects.

    Tamera

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