I apologize to those of you who have been wondering about the latest on Macayla and us. It seems that things have been so hectic and all of a sudden a month has flown by. We have been trying so many different things to help Macayla’s stomach and GI problems, that it has been impossible to keep up with all of them. We have tried different feeding schedules and medications to get the bleeding in Macayla’s stomach under control and nothing has worked. We have at least seen less frequency than before of blood in her stomach contents, but we still see it at least every three days if not every day depending on the week. This week we are going into the surgeon’s office and they will remove the feeding tube and look inside with a high-tech device; a flashlight. Really. When they pull the tube out they will be able to observe the hole in her abdomen and see if the hole itself is irritated and unable to heal due to movement. It is painful, but will be done in the doctor’s office and only takes a couple of minutes. If this doesn’t shed any light (pardon the pun) on the problem then we will have to scope Macayla’s upper GI. This will require general anesthesia which makes us nervous but we have exhausted all other options at that point. On a more fun note, we got to go to the mountains near Pigeon Forge last week with Jennifer’s parents and my mom. Macayla had some fun but seemed more upset more often during the trip. She may have just been in discomfort or she may have been confused by her new surroundings. Overall, though she did well and enjoyed the hot tub on the back porch. The kids loved feeding the ducks and birds near the Old Mill and Jacob got to go swimming a bunch. The grandparents gave Jennifer and I time to have a couple of meals together away from kids and responsibility and that was great. Overall it was a great trip and we got some great pictures of the kids and I even found an opportunity to get a couple of shots of God’s magnificent creation. 
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