2013 Take Steps!

Alexis and our family will once again be participating in this years CCFA Take Steps, Be Heard Walk for a cure. Last year Team Alexis raised around $1500.00, and we are hoping to surpass this for 2013! Alexis is currently "cured" of Ulcerative Colitis, but she will always be a member of the IBD family. I want nothing more than a cure to be found so other kids like her can live a normal life without undergoing the numerous surgeries to remove organs!!

If you can help us out in ANY way, we would appreciate it. I hope we can raise over $2,000.00 this year!!

Personal Page URL: http://online.ccfa.org/site/TR/2013TakeStepsWalk/Chapter-CentralOhio?team_id=120353&pg=team&fr_id=3821

Can you believe she is already back in school? 7 days post op and she was begging to go back!

Going home!

Post-op ileostomy Reversal

Tomorrow!!

I am so excited :)

Alexis has done SO well they feel comfortable releasing her just FOUR days post op! I was not expecting (yet hoping) that we would be leaving so soon. Her tiny body bounced back quicker than I imagined and you would never guess that the girl JUST had surgery! She has only requested Tylenol twice since being taken off of the pain pump. Such a trooper!

The only requirement we must meet before being discharged is meeting (once again) with the G.I department. I will get to discuss how we will treat Alexis from here on out. Not sure at this time if they will request probiotics or anything of the sort-- but we shall see! I will update again within the next few days!

My little J-Pouch Beauty Queen--first post op meal!

Today was the day!

Takedown went great. No more ostomy!!


Alexis is currently resting comfortably. No NG tube (yay!), no catheter, she is on a manual operated pain pump instead of a continuous drip of morphine and she has already made it to the playroom  today!


She is pretty amazing :)


Will update more later. Thanks for checking in!