update on Makenzie!

**Here is an updated email we sent out about Maki! :)

HI!

WOW WHERE DO WE START?!?! THIS EMAIL IS IN CAPS DUE TO OUR OVER THE TOP EXCITEMENT!!!

ALL TESTS CAME BACK NEGATIVE!!!! AND NO KIDNEY DAMAGE!
THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR YOUR LOVE, SUPPORT AND PRAYERS!

WE ARE A BIT PERPLEXED, SHOCKED AND SO GRATEFUL! THE INITIAL TEST SHE TOOK 1 WEEK AGO SHOWED THAT SHE DID HAVE THE SYMPTOMS OF THE CONDITION AND THE MORE INVASIVE TEST YESTERDAY WAS SUPPOSED TO SHOW US:
1-IF THERE WAS KIDNEY DAMAGE AND HOW MUCH
2-WHAT DEGREE OF THE CONDITION SHE SUPPOSEDLY HAD

WE HAD FAITH THAT THERE WAS A POSSIBILITY THAT SHE DIDN'T HAVE IT, BUT THEY HAD PREPARED US THAT SHE DID. TO SAY WE ARE OVERJOYED AND RELIEVED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT!!

I WON'T GET IN TO ALL THE DETAILS OF THE TEST YESTERDAY BUT TO PUT IT LIGHTLY, IT WAS AWFUL! THE DR. CAME IN PULLED ME ASIDE AND SAID "I JUST WANT TO PREPARE YOU THAT THIS TEST IS HELL, AND IT IS NOT ONLY TRAUMATIC ON HER, BUT ON ALL OF US IN THE ROOM!" AT LEAST HE WAS HONEST... ;) MAKENZIE WAS A CHAMP! SHE DID WAY BETTER THAN GARY OR I WOULD HAVE FOR SURE! SO THANK YOU ALL FOR PRAYING FOR THE LEAST AMOUNT OF TRAUMA AS POSSIBLE...SHE SEEMS TOTALLY FINE TODAY ABOUT IT!

THIS IS NOTHING LESS THAN A MIRACLE AND WE ARE PRAISING GOD FOR HEALING HER! IN THE DOCTOR'S WORDS "PERPLEXED" WHY IT WOULD SHOW UP ON THE INITIAL TEST AND NOT ON YESTERDAY'S TEST IF SHE ACTUALLY DID NOT HAVE IT! HE SAYS "PERPLEXED!" WE SAY "MIRACLE!"

SHE IS STAYING ON THE ANTIBIOTICS FOR ABOUT 4 MONTHS AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE AND WE WILL HAVE A FOLLOW UP APPOINTMENT JUST TO CONFIRM EVERYTHING IN MARCH...AND THEN WE ARE BASICALLY DONE WITH ALL OF THIS! AND SHE DOES NOT HAVE TO HAVE THAT TEST EVER AGAIN! :)

WE CAN'T TELL YOU HOW FORTUNATE WE FEEL...IN LIGHT OF HOW WE ARE FEELING WE FEEL LED TO DO A LITTLE TOY DRIVE FOR LUCILLE PACKARD CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL AT STANFORD...WE HAD THE GREAT PLEASURE OF MEETING PARENTS AND KIDS YESTERDAY WHO GO THROUGH MORE IN A WEEK THAN WE HAVE IN OUR LIFETIMES...FAINT HEARTED CAN DEFINITELY NOT VISIT THAT PLACE...YES, GARY CRIED WALKING THE HALLWAYS...LOVE HIS TENDER HEART! SO OUR PLAN IS TO GO TO SUNNYVALE TOYS R US TUESDAY AFTERNOON AFTER ZACH'S NAP TO GO SHOPPING FOR THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL...IF YOU ARE FREE AND INTERESTED IN JOINING US, PLEASE DO! OR IF YOU WANT US TO PICK ANYTHING SPECIFIC UP AND TAKE TO THE HOSPITAL PLEASE LET US KNOW! THIS IS JUST 1 SIMPLE WAY TO BRIGHTEN SOMEONE'S DAY THERE AT THE HOSPITAL IN THE NAME OF THE LORD! WE ACTUALLY GOT THE IDEA YESTERDAY RIGHT AFTER MAK'S PROCEDURE...2 DEAR FRIENDS HAD DROPPED OFF A TEDDY BEAR AND CARD FOR MAKI AND BEFORE SHE WAS EVEN OFF OF THE TABLE WHERE THE PROCEDURE HAD BEEN DONE, A TECHNICIAN CAME IN AND HANDED IT TO HER...I CAN NOT TELL YOU THE JOY THAT CAME OVER HER AT THAT MOMENT...ALONG WITH A HUGE SIGH OF RELIEF! I KNOW SOME OF YOU ARE NO WHERE NEAR NORTHERN CAL AND I'M SURE IF YOU FEEL LED YOU CAN FIND A CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL NEAR YOU...IF YOU NEED HELP LET ME KNOW! I KNOW FOR US THIS WAS A LITTLE WAKE UP CALL TO TAKE CARE OF THE SICK TOO...NOT JUST THE HOMELESS, NEEDY AND POOR...BUT NO PRESSURE! THIS IS JUST WHAT WE FEEL LED TO DO...GIVE WHERE EVER YOU FEEL LED! WE JUST WANTED TO GIVE YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN US IF YOU WEREN'T SURE WHERE TO GIVE OR WANTED TO GIVE SOMEWHERE ELSE AS WELL.

WELL ENOUGH OF MY BLABBING FOR TONIGHT!

PRAISING GOD! AND SO THANKFUL FOR OUR AMAZING FAMILY AND FRIENDS NEAR AND FAR!

ALL OUR LOVE AND GRATITUDE,
DANI, GARY, MAKENZIE AND ZACHARY :)