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Natasha Allinger Updates/Prayer Group, Bonners Ferry, ID (2025)

02/28/2024

My mind cannot fathom or wrap around the idea that a year ago today my sister started the journey of God bringing her back to life when she was on death's door.

One year ago today, we would put our trust in a surgeon who nearly ripped this sweet, young woman away from us. He would rob her of a healthy organ in her body, simply because that surgery was on his roster, he purposely took an organ out of her that she could have used as another line of defense with her condition, he would go on to perforate her bowel and start the clock ticking before becoming septic and us rushing her back to the same incompetent hospital in time to "save" her, she would have emergent surgery to remove part of her intestinal tract that was so far gone to Crohn's, the surgeon would compare it to black leather, and she would go on to put in the temporary ileostomy my sister never wanted or she would have refused to operate. She would wake up with a look of betrayal on her face for my parents and her husband agreeing to whatever the surgeon deemed necessary to save her life.

She was an hour from us never seeing her again and leaving her husband a widower at 28, my parents left grieving the loss of their child, and her siblings without their youngest sister. Those emotions no one talks about after facing a close call are very real. The feeling of losing her had already been felt, there was no easing into that shock. There is no describing the panic, despair, confusion, and anger.

And there is no way to tell of the joy and hope that flooded us when she opened her eyes once more. I'm convinced God's voice gently whispered to Natasha's spirit, "I'm not finished with you, this isn't the end." It was almost as if He wept with us, like He wept for Lazurus and brought her back to show us and everyone around us His power.

Today Natasha is almost physically better from the year of hell she endured. The woman I never saw as more than a little girl has shown me how strong she is- as she always has been. The woman who smiles through her pain with a joy that only comes from above. The woman who's faith in God strengthened my own. The woman who always made me laugh, continues to do so. The woman who I look up to and admire for all God has done through her and will bring to completion through her.

I will never be able to express the gratitude and praise God deserves for showing us His healing power over my sister and best friend. God is the reason she is here today so we can laugh like none of this happened because we can pick up where we left off one year ago.

We get to enjoy sisterhood again. We get more time. While we can't get the time we lost back, I'm thankful for the time we now have because of Immanuel, God with us. The One who never leaves us. The One who continually saves us. The One who sustains us each day. I'll forever be thankful for the wound that pushed our family closer to God.

Psalm 103: 1-5
"Praise the Lord, my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name. Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all His benefits—Who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, Who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, Who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s."

Jeremiah 30:17
"For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds," says the Lord.

2 Kings 20:5
"This is what the Lord says: I have heard your prayer and seen your tears. I will heal you."

Psalm 107:19-21
"So they cried out to the Lord in their distress, and God saved them from their desperate circumstances. God gave the order and healed them; He rescued them from their pit. Let them thank the Lord for His faithful love and His wondrous works for all people."

02/15/2024

Sorry for a late update, I've had some of my own things happening.

Anyway, update from Natasha's last procedure:

Natasha got the dilation done. I asked her why she needs to keep having this done, doc was supposed to open the duodenum to 25mm and that was surpassed her last procedure before her reversal surgery. Natasha told me it will shrink back because all her organs and internal parts are still in the process of "waking up", which makes more sense. Doc says she's looking good internally. But her esophagus looked a little scarred and took a biopsy to try to find out if it's Crohn's related or from her acid reflux. We're waiting on the results of that.

They also spoke about changing her Humira to another medication because it appeared to not be helping Natasha as much and she started growing a tolerance to the medication. Natasha and Granite talked about their concerns of changing her medicine and the doc took that into consideration. Once doc did the dilation he did notice one of her ulcers was completely healed and the other was pretty close to healed, which meant, to him, the Humira IS doing something for her! Good, good news, she will be staying on Humira!

Natasha is still sometimes in the gaining and losing weight phase while her body gets going again so doc also talked about giving her a couple supplements to help her body to 1. Break down her food while she eats so she can absorb as many nutrients as possible and help her stomach along to get it back to proper working order in digesting her food, and 2. A probiotic to help her gut.

Natasha's stoma is now completely closed, there is still scabbing and a small indent, she did recently say it had some infection but was very minor so she's going to keep an eye on it. She still faces abdominal pain while her body heals but is doing well.

Today at 2pm, Natasha will be going into our local clinic for a skin check to see how she's doing in that department. I'm assuming it's to check all her incision sites to see how she's healing. If I'm wrong I'll correct my mistake. 😂 It's been known to happen before.

Overall, Natasha seems to be on the mend, slowly but surely. Natasha is looking into some other options for her own traumas she's experienced throughout the entirety of last year. She will need prayer for this, for understanding, for acceptance, for mental clarity, for anxieties and stresses she will need to overcome. I think our whole family could use a little of that as we all work to help one another bare burdens and try to get back to a normal routine.

Speaking with our mother the other day and just coming to the realization Natasha, Granite, my parents, and Bobby and I lost year or two of our lives through this trauma. We relive it each time we talk about it or remember something new when we think about it in our own thoughts. We will all learn to cope in different ways, but we know our God is good, we learned to lean into Him instead of doing things on our own during that time, that lesson we have all incorporated into our daily lives more now than I think any of us did. We have continual conversations with our God like we're talking to a best friend and for me, personally, it doesn't seem strange to do that anymore. We have learned when we do pray, it's not always to ask for something, but to give thanks and gratitude for God being faithful and bringing us through when we've had zero strength left to make it to the next minute. He is our fortress and cornerstone, He is our solid when our world has been crumbling. He has given us little gifts whenever we have traveled to have opportunities to speak about Natasha and some of those people have struggled with the same or similar, it has given us hope that Natasha will come out on top of this when we've needed to be reassured on our longest and most hopeless days.

Our God we serve is a BIG God! He is strong and comes in like a fierce lion, but he is also kind and gentle like a lamb. He knows what it's like to be a feeble human being, after all, He created each and every one of us. We are all unique, we are all special, and we are all different, which I have come to embrace.

As we journey and navigate this next year, I will update as we have news. It might be months in between or days. But I WILL give anyone who wants to know that information on my personal profile and on this page. If you don't see an update, we are still here, we are still fighting, and we still could use your prayer. We thank our friends and family all over for keeping us in your daily life through prayer. If there were some way to personally thank you, we would. It has meant so much to us! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts for everything you have done for our family. We know this world and these times have been unkind to more than just us, so we appreciate each and every sacrifice you have made for our family! We love our family in Christ!

02/06/2024

Natasha should be close to in her procedure or in it right now!

Will update once she's out and all the other things they discussed with her doctor.

02/06/2024

We ask tonight that Natasha be lifted up in prayer for tomorrow morning. She goes in, hopefully for the last time, for a pyloric dilation to open up her duodenum to normal size. This was planned for a month from her last procedure, December 1st, it was pushed back to a month after her reversal surgery instead. So it's been about 2 months since her last dilation, which is fine because it's given her a better chance to heal.

Natasha will be put under anesthesia for this procedure, please pray she will continue to be okay with going under and waking up.

Please keep her and Granite in your thoughts tomorrow for good travel weather and minimal discomfort in her throat when she wakes up.

Thank you prayer warriors! ❤️

01/11/2024

Please keep Granite and Natasha in your prayers as they head to Spokane for Natasha's 2 week post-op checkup! It's a snowy morning!

01/01/2024

Natasha and Granite staged a jail break, they're on the way home!!!! ❤️

01/01/2024

Natasha might be released today!!!!!

They ordered a Jamba Juice and they want to see how she handles it and if she can tolerate it she will be coming home!

Please pray that Natasha will be able to come home today and start a Happy New Year with her husband in the comfort of their own home!

12/31/2023

Natasha is feeling better today, she is up and walking as much as she can. She was able to change into her clothes so she's more comfortable. Our dad is down there visiting today and has been sending pictures and videos to our mom.

Yesterday was a bit of a set back, the weekend on call doctor ordered Natasha to have an NG tube inserted because she's been vomiting now and again. A portion of her stomach hasn't woken up so she feels a little full.

The nightshift nurses came in and took it out upon my sister's request. The NG tube wasn't serving a purpose and they told her she doesn't have to do anything she doesn't want to do. Granite made sure they knew what happened so it won't happen again.

We are asking for prayer for her pain to continue to be maintained and at a minimum, that if the Lord so chooses to heal her drastically He will, that Natasha will continue to improve and her body fully wakes up so vomiting will dissipate.

I would also like to ask for extra prayer for my mother. She came down with some sickness over the past couple of days and has had dizzy spells, nausea, and a migraine that will not go away. Also for my father for traveling mercies as he heads back to work this coming week.

We are praying this New Year will bring healing and restoration!

12/30/2023

Praise the Lord for His goodness!

It may not seem like much to you or me, but Natasha was able to have her first bowel movement in 10 months!!!!! I'm sorry for anyone if that is too much information, but it is one of the hurdles we needed to get through! It means her system is waking up! It means feeling like a normal human being again! It means one step closer to healing for her!

12/29/2023

Yesterday mom and I went to visit Natasha. Although we think this is the best she has done after surgery so far, Natasha was in a lot of pain. She was able to sleep most of the time we were there, which she needs at this time.

The nurses have been kind and doing their best to not bother her if they come in and she's asleep. Natasha has been doing well urinating. Everyone is waiting for the rest of her intestines to wake up. In order to do that Natasha will need to start eating more so her stomach and intestines will have something to process other than antibiotics and pain medication.

Natasha will get there, at her own pace. As long as her doctor isn't concerned, then we will let her take her time.

As far as a potential discharge date, Granite was telling us yesterday in her chart notes her doctor said if she had simply went in for the reversal and only performed that specific procedure, then it would be a 7 day stay. Seeing that Natasha had a few other things done her stay is a 7 day minimum and no one seems to be in a rush for Natasha to be out.

We are thankful Natasha was opened up, otherwise she may have had to endure another surgery down the road to fix what may have been overlooked laparoscopically. Natasha's surgeon took her time and went above and beyond to get Natasha well the first time out of the gate!

As always, thank you from the bottom of our hearts for continued prayer for healing. We ask for God's strength and healing for Natasha's pain at this time and that Natasha will want to start eating more when she's ready.

12/27/2023

Update from this morning:

Granite says they're on top of Natasha's pain management. She is in a lot of pain from all they had to do. Natasha got up already this morning a couple times and walked to the bathroom in her room, it was too much for her and is very sore so they're giving her more pain meds.

They're trying to get Natasha to go to the bathroom. They did a bladder scan and she has 400 milliliters of fluid in her bladder but her body is taking some time to wake up. Nothing to be too concerned about, it's pretty common. She has tried going a couple times and isn't ready yet.

Granite thinks once she starts eating and drinking that will get things woken up in her system. For now she is sleeping. Yesterday her chart said she would be on a liquid diet and still does, but she was bumped up to food as tolerated, I'm not sure how solid of foods they are willing to try this early on.

She has a better room that's private and single occupancy, Granite was able to stay with her last night and should be able to stay till she comes home if that's what Natasha asks for.

Last night the lead nurse was sweet and let us see Natasha. She was still groggy but it was good to set eyes on her and pray over her once again. We're all tired from getting back at 10pm so we're staying home today, that way Granite and Natasha can just be together and Natasha has a chance to rest as much as possible.

Thank you for thinking of us, praying for us, messaging and calling us, and offering whatever help we may need. We will update as things develop and progress.

Peace, joy, and blessings to our brothers and sisters in Christ for this New Year! ❤️

12/27/2023

Too many adhesions were in the way to continue laparoscopicaly.

Sigmoid was weak and starting to twist, sigmoid was weakened from the prior J tube surgery. Part of the bowel that was near sigmoid scar tissue started to adhere to the abdominal wall. They had to stitch that to strengthen that area of her bowel. This could have played a part in why she would seem like she was feeling backed up or had a blockage.

No signs of the stomach filling up during surgery, they used an NG tube and didn't get any blockage or anything coming out.

Her surgeon opened her up from the same surgical sight as before when the ileostomy was put in but not as large as the first surgery they opened her up from the lower pelvis to just below the belly button.

We have not been able to see her yet. Extended family might not be able to see her until tomorrow during visiting hours. Natasha will be in the hospital for at least 7 days now that they had to go in more aggressively.

Please pray Granite will be able to remain with her tonight and for our travels home.

12/27/2023

Natasha is in recovery, we should be speaking to the surgeon soon and able to see Natasha in 45 or so minutes!

12/27/2023

As of 30 minutes ago, Natasha's surgeon switched from robotics (laparoscopic) to opening her up. It will still be another 1-2 hours most likely. Natasha's hospital stay will be around 7 days.

12/26/2023

Just took her back!

12/26/2023

Doctor was running late but is here now. She should be taken back soon.

12/26/2023

We are all at the hospital with Natasha. She's getting all her pre-op things done and her surgery is scheduled for 1:30pm depending on how the surgery before her goes, she will be taken back 1:30pm give or take. Estimated time for the procedure is approximately 2 hours, then she will be in recovery for 1 hour before we can see her again.

Please keep us in your thoughts and prayers this afternoon for all to go smoothly and timely, and for minimal pain for Natasha. We will update as we get more information. 🥰

12/25/2023

Merry Christmas friends and family! 🎄🎄🎄

Let us always remember the true meaning of Christmas!

Isaiah 9:6-7

For unto us a Child is born,
Unto us a Son is given;
And the government will be upon His shoulder.
And His name will be called
Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God,
Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
Of the increase of His government and peace
There will be no end,
Upon the throne of David and over His kingdom,
To order it and establish it with judgment and justice
From that time forward, even forever.
The zeal of the Lord of hosts will perform this.

As Natasha's surgery date approaches tomorrow we covet your prayers for our wife, daughter, sister, and friend. Natasha's arrival time in Spokane will be 11am and she will be going into surgery hopefully at 11:30am.

This will be a new life for her, we ask for prayer that she will remain healthy to recover and that this will be the surgery she needs to get to 100%!

We ask for prayer for her surgical team that the Lord will guide each and every one of them who will be attending to her.

We ask for prayer for travel, the entire family will be joining her and covering her in prayer before, during and after the operation.

And lastly, we ask for prayer for strength, peace, joy, and no anxious feelings.

Thank you all, Natasha will be recovering for 1-2 months after this. She should be home before the New Year to rest.

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