September 20, 2007

We are home and it feels good to sleep in our own beds!
It is great to see the rest of our family all of the time.
Andrew is doing much better now that we are home. He has not been onery this morning and we are hoping, being at home will continue to help his mood. Thank you to all who offered their Xboxs to us, we did have a friend let us borrow one and he is good with that. We had to go through much training and learn many new things to take care of Andrew at home. Chemo went well. Hopefully his liver will stop draining and we will go back in next week to have the JP drain removed on the 27th. His sutures are coming along fine on his tummy. He has an L shaped scar across his side and up his stomach. He came home with a Central Line Catheter that will stay with him for a long while. They will use this to draw blood twice a week by home health care and to give him the chemo through this line. They will also use this to give any medications he may need along the way. We have learned to take care of this; it must be flushed once a day to keep any blood from clotting in the line. They also let us know it will take about three weeks for him to lose his hair.
We will go back to Primary’s for three days on October 8, for another Chemo treatment. Visitors are welcome, but please call first. 7 days after Chemo is when the white count will bottom to zero and he will have to be isolated for 7 days until the count comes back up. It will be important to call first, especially then.
We continue to be amazed by the outpouring of love from our Heavenly Father and the community that we live in and we are grateful and Love You All!!