Jan 17

I think Deb is getting tired of the chair/bed! Let's hope we get out of here today and get to sleep in our own bed! The nurse came in with my counts, white = 2.9/ hemoglobin = 11.1/ platelets = 249 which are all very good! She said she is going to call my doctor at 9am to see if she'll come up and discharge me. The doctors usually do clinic in the morning which means they do their appointments so we're not sure we'll see the doctor until this afternoon, which is when she normally comes. Deb has packed up most of our stuff and is taking a load down now. I am really getting excited about going home! I guess I shouldn't get my hopes up but it's pretty hard not to, today makes it 4 weeks that I've been here. // Its 11:20am and my nurse just said that my doctor told her to call a certain surgeon to come and see me. She called the surgeon and the surgeon said, "I'm not on call so I can't come". This means that now we have to wait for my doctor to come and examine me, and hopefully she'll just say I can go home. The incision is back to where it was a few days ago, because when the doctor yesterday was poking it, it started draining, so now it looks OK. Still waiting and rolling with the punches!!! LOL! // At 11:45am the surgeon came and said everything looked good and that my doctor told him that she would be up here soon, so it looks like things are finally happening! My doctor got here about 12:10pm and said I could go home and gave me parameters to follow. After she left I thought it would be soon, but we didn't leave til about 2:30pm. // It's 4pm and I'm home, wow it feels good. It sure was a hassle getting out of the hospital, but it was worth it! I have to go for my next bone marrow test next Monday and they'll check my blood counts again, they should be normal by then, hopefully. We're going to bed early tonight, we're both pretty tired. God bless you all!
IN HIS HANDS,
Ernie