Our Easter Miracle

Happy Easter Everyone!!

He is risen! He is risen indeed!

Blessings to you as you celebrate the victory of our salvation!

Mike update:
Mike's last checkup was extraordinary. He weighed in at 142 lbs. which was the best he has ever had in the hospital or clinic. The nutritionists and doctors were impressed. Keep doing whatever you are doing they encouraged him. Then came PFTs. Mike blew a 56%! Yes, you saw that right 56!! We never thought we'd see those numbers again. After Mike blew it the first time he said, "Well if that's right I'm going home and having champagne tonight!" It was right. I could have cried. Dr. D came in and asked him what was going on. He looked at his PFTs over the last few years. You could see the slow steady decline. Then in September they just dropped down. He asked what happened there. I responded that, that was when Mike started to culture MRSA. Then in January you could see an improvement. I offered that, that was when they started the vancomyacin (sp?).

Dr. D said that generally they don't treat MRSA in CF patients because they don't find that it does anything. He looked over at the medical student in the room and remarked that they would have to note this. Mike was markedly better than he had been. He looked at me and said, "We don't ever see this, maybe only a couple of times." I've seen it before - it's an answer to our prayers - our Easter Miracle. We are so thankful.

Thank you to all of you who continue to pray for Mike. I thought you would like to hear how your prayers are being answered. For our CF friends, Mike endures hours of treatments and hours of IVs to fight the MRSA. He switched his night feedings to day feedings as being hooked up to the feeding tube all night was disturbing his sleep. He now tries to tube several cans of formula in between meals. It is a lot of work but obviously this is working for him.

I thought you would enjoy this picture of Mike enjoying his celebratory champagne! Missy and her mother Carol joined us!




To our friends and family, May is CF awareness month and we are kicking it off with a fundraiser. Mike is still growing germs that have become resistant to all drugs currently on the market. He needs new drugs. It costs 800 million dollars to get a new drug from inception, through FDA approval and onto the market. We need your help. Richard, David and I will be participating in the Fond du Lac Great Strides walk on April 30, 2011. This will be the first fundraiser that Richard and David have participated in. They feel the need to help their brother in his fight.

If you feel blessed we would appreciate your donations. All proceeds go directly to the CF Foundation and not to our family. All contributions are tax deductible. You can contribute by going here:

http://www.cff.org/Great_Strides/dsp_DonationPage.cfm?walkid=7074&idUser=467139

Checks can also be made out to the Cystic Fibrosis foundation and sent directly to our home.
58 Cottage Ave. Fond du Lac, WI 54935

All monies raised for our team "Hike for Mike" will be credited to Richard and David. They are thrilled to be able to do something to help their brother.

Thank you all for your continued prayers and support. We couldn't do this without you. Blessings to you this Easter morning!