Home!

We are home! Nothing feels better than your own bed after spending a couple of nights at the hospital! No bacteria grew in Hannah's blood cultures, so her doctors let us come home yesterday. She feels good today besides being grouchy and tired. Her blood counts are still extremely low. A normal ANC for a healthy child is above 1500. Hannah's ANC is 140. We are trying to be very careful by staying home, disinfecting the house, washing hands, etc. We will get her blood tested again in the middle of this week to see if her counts can get high enough to get her chemo on Friday. If they aren't above 750 we will have to wait and that will delay her treatment schedule.

Hannah insisted on pulling the wagon full of our bags when we were leaving the hospital.

As we were walking out of the hospital I got one of those heart-wrenching, time-stopping, knock-the-breath-out-of-you realizations. Our child got better and was able to go home! We got to walk out of the hospital with our child! Some parents don't get to do that because their child doesn't get better. Of course I always knew this, but it hit me at that moment that other parents make that same walk under much different circumstances, without their child. I pray that this permanently changes my perspective as a mother and in all areas of life. I have nothing to complain about! Each day is such a gift and a blessing!