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Jun. 13, 2009
Home sweet home
We were able to come home today! Noah's chest is still pretty yucky looking, but since it is improving and since we are fully capable of doing IV antibiotics at home, there was no good reason to stay. The only downside is that Noah is close to needing a transfusion - he gets transfused below 10, and right now he is 10.6. As Maxwell Smart (Agent 86) would say, "missed it by THAT much." It's not that we WANT Noah to need a transfusion, but since we know that he is nearly ready for one, it would have been convenient to do it while we were there. At his current rate, he's about a week or week and a half away from hitting that threshold - and I don't want him to be admitted again so soon. Ugh.
We got home at about 4 this afternoon and I've already enjoyed snuggling Mary Faith, listened to 6 children all tell me about all of the exciting things they did this week, admired the molding Jeff put down in the new playroom, made rice krispy treats with Matthew, and worked in the garden with Jeff and the younger half of the children. I've got Jeff's favorite meal thawing on the counter (my homemade Thai peanut chicken) and am looking forward to snuggling up with him and finishing the Sherlock Holmes movie we meant to have finished Monday. He was such a sweetie and had clean sheets and a fresh clean nightie waiting for me - I have to tell you I was pretty tempted to skip all of the above and just climb into that oh-so-inviting bed when I walked in the door! :-) I did sleep MUCH better last night - thank you for praying!
Noah still needs your prayers for this infection. He doesn't feel awful but it's easy to tell at a glance that it is taking a toll on him. We also need prayer for perfect timing on his next transfusion. It's just SO much easier when he is already inpatient, but we don't want him getting sick, of course! Jeff and I need prayers as adding IV antibiotics is a considerable amount of extra work and requires very precise timing and coordination of different drugs. I'm not sure how church will work tomorrow (IF church will work tomorrow) because of the sheer number of drugs that will need to be started and stopped during church time - including IV benadryl which conks Noah right out. We're still praying about that one.
Off to heat up peanut chicken for my sweetie. I'm really glad I made extra and froze it last time!
Blessings,
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Jun. 13, 2009 - Untitled Comment
I'm thrilled that you're home again and that Noah's infection is looking better.
Continued prayers for his improvement and for his body to recover as well as possible from this infection and for your wisdom in knowing when to do the transfusion.