Thank you to everyone that has been praying for Cheyenne and for the rest of us too. We arrived in St. Louis right on schedule. The flight here was great...absolutely beautiful. The water towers we passed over looked like golf tee's..of course I thought of Savannah.Some of the ground looked like my plowed fields on farmtown..lol..I am hooked. The landing was another matter all together. It was very rough, with alot of turbulance. It was so windy here when we landed, the pilot even said, he was scared for a little while...I am glad we didnt know that till we landed and was safely inside the airport..lol.

Cheyenne has been a real trooper through all of this. I know she is/was scared but, she was very brave about it. We did get blessed with a room at RMH. It is a great place, very beautiful old house.We met with the surgeon on Tuesday, did all the paperwork and pre-admission stuff. The doctor said, after looking at records I brought from home, that he was pretty sure he would have to place a stint, something he didnt want to do.

Tuesday night, we went to the St. Louis Cardinals game against the San Fransico Giants. It was a great experience for all of us. I love baseball and have always wanted to go to a major league game..of course, I wish it had been the Chicago Cubs, but oh well. Just in case anyone is wondering...no, we didnt use any of the money from our church. I was able to get some really cheap tickets online (thanks Heather) and I used some money I already had..lol..I would not have felt right doing it any other way.

We came in this morning for her surgery @ 9:30...now remember this is a child with Cystic Fibrosis..she eats almost constantly and she was unable to eat after 4am. They did not take her into surgery until 1:15. He did the bronch and ascertained that he didnt need to open her chest up, the blockage was opened enough for him to get his equipment in there where it was needed to be. That was an answer to prayer in itself...remember, it was blocked before. He was also able to open it up some more with the dilatation. He didnt have to place a stint. Another thing he had said before that we would have to come back every six weeks to have a dilatation on the bronchus..Today he said....every three MONTHS, another answer to prayer!!!! Chey was very full of "stuff", both in her lungs and her sinuses, and he/they were able to do a good clean out while in there. Cheyenne was in surgery/recovery for 2.5 hours and then brought up to her room. Guess what floor and wing it is....7 West...lol..but it is not just like our home hospital. She was desatting..just like she usually does after she is put under. She went down to 78% at one point, but it didnt last too long. She hovered around 89 for a while. She also experience several episodes of Tachicardia...that just about scared me to death...okay, I just exaggerated, but it did scare me. She didnt wake up totally until 8 pm..so she was without food and water/juice for 24 hours. She was starving, of course...so what is new about that? She is very gunky sounding now and coughing more, but they want her too anyway, so that is good.It has been a very long day and I am tired but I bet Cheyenne will not go to sleep anytime soon.I may meet a very special little family tomorrow...not sure if that is still on or not. I sure hope so but I understand if not.Take care everyone and I will update sometime tomorrow (now that I figured out how to get online..lol).

Love and hugs,Debbie