Blessed

Reagan is doing good. We are truly Blessed. Here are some pic. from a wedding she and Brennen were in a few weeks ago. Reagan was the miniature bride.

Brennen and Bro. David, our pastor

Reagan and the bride, Brittany

Reagan is doing very good. There has not been anything to blog about lately, THANK GOD! She is staying busy with PT, OT, home school, and trips to Birmingham. Thanks for all the prayers!

Merry Christmas

God is good all the time! Thank you God for sending your son Jesus to be born on that special CHRISTmas day! With Him, all things are possible!

Reagan is doing well. She does however, have a broken pelvic bone! Second break in a month or so! Not sure what is going on. We have an appt. in January with the endocrinologist that prescribes her bone medicine so we will see if the dosage needs to be changed! She is a trooper as always! Doc just said to keep her comfortable and as usual, did not cast or anything! He said we would not even think about straighting surgery of her legs until we got her neck stabilized! Which, who knows about that. Only God!

We heard back from Dr. Brockmeyer and he does not want to do surgery right now. He pretty much said that it had not gotten much worse. I was praying that it had gotten much much better but we will take pretty much staying the same. He did say that two of her arteries in her neck, that i can not remember their name, have moved to the front of her neck. They are usually encased on the side. He said this would make it impossible to do surgery through the front. He would have to go in through the side. He wants her to be scanned again in 6 months to see if there are any changes. It sounds like this will be a lifelong process of scanning her every 6 months until just absolutely necessary to do surgery. We will continue to pray that this surgery does not have to ever happen! We would love to see our friends in Utah again, but just for a fun visit, not a major surgery!!! Thank you all for your prayers! Have a blessed Christmas!

McBride's

Reagan is doing pretty good considering she has a BROKEN COLLAR BONE!! We can't remember the last time she has had anything broken. The last time she went to this ortho was in 2007. We remember she had a pretty bad broken leg and we could barely touch her for 3 weeks! I guess that was the last one she has had until now! Bless her heart! She has not once complained! I admire her more everyday. If only I could be as strong as her. Allen says that he has prayed for God to give her an incredible high pain tolerance. HE sure answers prayers!!

We were doing trach care on Sunday and noticed a huge bump and of course, I panic! All of her other breaks we know by her telling us it hurts and we know not to touch it, but this one was different. The bump was and still is huge so we weren't really sure what it was. They took xrays and said to come back in a week. They do not do anything for fractured collar bones. He just wants to make sure it doesn't shift.

Pray for her on Friday. We are going for another CT of her neck to forward to Brockmeyer in Utah. We will have to wait and see what he thinks about another surgery on her neck. We are praying for a miracle and that is not now, or ever, a need for anymore neck surgery. We are asking God to straighten those bones in her neck and open up her spinal column. We know He can do it. Thanks for your prayers!

Love,
Jeri Ann

Weaning!!!!

Reagan is doing well. We had a vent check-up Wednesday and doc said we could start weaning a little. She is breathing well on her own, but she is mentally dependent on her vent. Her numbers look good until she gets mad and holds her breath and makes her pulse ox go off. She is good at that! We are starting with 20-30 min twice a day for a few weeks and then we will do an hour a couple times a day. Maybe she will tolerate the change. Our prayer is that she will eventually be off her vent 24/7. We know this will take time.

She is pretty much staying in now that the swine flu and everything else is going around like crazy! We are giving everyone that comes to see her a bath in germ-x when they walk in the door!! Ha! I have some of the cutest pic to download when I have more time. Hopefully this weekend! Have a blessed evening!

Jeri Ann

Hanging out with my Nana!(and my security washcloth!)


Acting silly with my big brother!

Princess Reagan!

Look at my teeth!

Not sure about Rosebud! Much bigger than my "My Little Pony"!

Reagan has been doing good. No new medical updates. We have not had to go to Birmingham one time this month! Woo Hoo! Are we on vacation? She has two scheduled in October so we will be back on the road again soon. In the meantime, just enjoying the pretty weather!

She is four now! Thank you all for your sweet messages and cards and presents! She really enjoyed opening up her cards! She feels like a big girl when she gets mail. Thanks again!

Have a blessed week!

Reagan is doing great! There are just not enough words to explain how blessed we feel to have her. She has such a sweet spirit! Everyday with her is such a blessing! She is feeling good and we are thanking God for her continued healing! We are asking for another miracle with her neck, so that she does not have to endure anymore surgeries! God is in control!

She will soon be celebrating her 4th birthday! I can't believe it! She is truly a miracle child and we know God has great plans for her! Please leave her a Happy Birthday message and I will read them to her.

Jeri Ann