Ashlyne Update

Dear All,

Praises and thanks to all the prayers, Dr Z came in tonight about 6:40 with her test results from the last two days and there is no stricture or blockage. Her labs are still not where they were or where he wants them to be. He shared Ashlynes records and test results with some of his collegues and they also recommend that we do little to nothing at this time. They are putting her back on Prednisone and prilosec and adding a probiotic to her current meds. The hopes are that another month plus of prednisone will give her immunosuppresant drug yet more time to get built up in her system. He acknowledges the roller coaster ride right now and does not want to be overly agressive with the biological drugs, he really wants the level 2 drug 6mp to work. She has a more restricted diet which is hard to imagine, she must remain gluten and dairy free and keep it very low fiber, (not sure what that means since she has no wheat in her diet anyways) no popcorn, nuts, or fruit or foods with seeds, no more experimenting with foods. She needs to remain well hydrated and rested.

Dr Z will monitor her closely the next few days and weeks. We were released tonight about 8:45pm. We are staying at my moms hotel to get rest tonight and will drive back to Kearney tomorrow after we wake, we did not get much sleep last night and are looking forward to a full nights sleep. We will run new labs next Tuesday unless she gets ill with severe pain, fever or vomitting. We return to Omaha in two weeks and will do labs then too. As relieved as we are for this great blessing of no blockage we are still requesting prayer for control of her Crohn's and more healing.

Thank you once again for all your support, prayers and love!

Fondly,

Chuck and Wendy Kreis