Getting a feeding tube

Kerissa • Apr 25, 2014

Hey friends,

Just a short update!  I had appointments with GI and Nutrition this past Tuesday, and it’s not great news—my weight’s still steadily dropping..  So my GI dr. has to put in a nasojejunal feeding tube which will bypass my stomach and go directly into the small intestine.  I’m not getting enough nutrition because my stomach isn’t moving food well, and that’s making all my symptoms worse.  This NJ tube placement will be done in the OR on May 16th!  It’s kind of a big step, but I’m past a medication stand-point and I’m losing weight too fast.  When I see the mito specialist June 17th, we’ll see if he thinks I need a permanent feeding tube.

😉

I read this beautiful quote a while back from a small book that one of my friends let me borrow, and I wanted to share it with you.  I hope it’s an encouragement to you.🙂

“If God had told me some time ago that He was about to make me as happy as I could be in this world, and then had told me that He should begin by crippling me in arm or limb, and removing me from all my usual sources of enjoyment, I should have thought it a very strange mode of accomplishing His purpose.  And yet, how is His wisdom manifest even in this!  For if you should see a man shut up in a closed room, idolizing a set of lamps and rejoicing in their light, and you wished to make him truly happy, you would begin by blowing out all his lamps; and then throw open the shutters to let in the light of heaven.”
~Samuel Rutherford
By Kerissa Lee 23 Jan, 2024
Hi, friends, I had a whole other post ready to go with some good news, but instead, I have an urgent prayer request. I started experiencing sudden onset numbness, tingling, and weakness in my whole left leg, and it’s been so scary. 🥺 It just came on out of the blue. I was doing so well with physical therapy each week (able to walk fast on the treadmill and leg press 40 lbs), and now, I have to limp because my left leg is soo weak. I really want to avoid the ED as much as possible, so I saw one of my doctors today. She’s concerned I’m having a big motor nerve issue. 😭 The plan is to see a physical medicine specialist, have a nerve conduction study, get an urgent MRI done, as well as see my PCP and pain doctor on the 25th and 29th for further evaluation/testing. I know I already said this, but it really has been so scary to lose function so quickly. Can you pray that I will trust the Lord and not worry? It’s been very hard, so I’d really appreciate your prayers and support in the coming weeks. Thank you so much. ❤️
By Kerissa Lee 01 Jan, 2024
"Let us know; let us press on to know the LORD; his going out is sure as the dawn; he will come to us as the showers, as the spring rains that water the earth." Hosea 6:3
By Kerissa Lee 11 Dec, 2023
"This hard place in which you, perhaps, find yourself, is the very place in which God is giving you opportunity to look only to Him."  Elisabeth Elliot
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