January 28, 2009

Once again I need to appologize to those of you who have followed Matthews health via this blog. Its been almost a year since I have written in it. Now that we have a new pc at home with internet I am able to post on here as Matthews health changes.
The latest test that Matthew had was last week. It was a nuclear gastric emptying study. He had to eat eggs with some sort of dye in them. Then he laid flat on his back for an hour as a scanner followed the eggs through his abdomen. Matthew didn't pass the test. His stomach empties at a very slow rate. This is really nothing to be very alarmed about. Considering all he has been through this seems very minor. He started a very low dose antibiotic to jump start his metabolism. We pray that's the answer. Matthew is not under or overweight. Hes the perfect weight for his age and actually a little taller then the docs expected. He still has the feeding tube in his belly and he will have that for a few more years. He eats and drinks everything by mouth, but we use the feeding tube for daily medications, burping his stomach (way cool) and emergencies.
It has been a long road but glorious 2 years with this precious angel from heaven. Matthew turns 2 years old tomorrow!
Thank you all who have followed this blog. Your prayers are heard and many have been answered.
Much love from the whole Lenker Family :)