Keeping Up

Discharge took forever yesterday. At first we were really excited (here's a picture of the three of us) and Abby in her "going home" outfit. Of course it is "kimono" style (per her daddy's instructions) so as not to make her put her arms over her head. Thanks "Auntie" Pam and Nada for letting us bottow such a "hopeful" outfit! Pretty soon, she was worn out from waiting.




They handed us our bag of breast milk, Grant put masks on all of us and off we went. I've never seen Grant move so fast. Seriously. Have you ever had a hard time keeping up with him? He was all but running through the lobby so as not to get any germs on Abby. He was moving so fast I couldn't even get a picture.

Once we got home, Abby did pretty well. She cried for awhile and was fairly inconsolable -- we thought it was from pain but as soon as her daddy took her outside, she calmed down. It was a rough start, but Grandma and Grandpa had cleaned our house and had some dinner for us when we got home. We will be sad to see them go today after all that they did for us while we were in the hospital. We gave Abby some Tylenol with Codeine which we thought would knock her out. She woke up every 3 hours to eat -- which is a good thing for calories and a bad thing for our sanity! We are so happy to be home....and now the long road to full recovery begins. We think that in 8 weeks she will be completely healed (the bone will be healed) but hopefully long before that she will be doing great. This morning we started consulting at the medication chart -- the poor girl is on lots of stuff.

We go to the surgeon this Friday for a once-over and to check on her anemia, her lung, her heart...and all of the other things that are still unresolved. Then one more cardiologist appointment the following Monday. We continue praying... and thank you all for our love for us. We'll keep you posted as the next few days progress.