Katie's Home!

About noon on Tuesday, Katie woke up from a nap and her mouth and throat felt fine. Wednesday her counts were up to 0.8 (from a low of 0.13), and this morning the White Cell Count was over 2.0! The ANC was up to 1.2, so after some consultation with the team of doctors and Katie dancing a jig as we walked around the floor that morning, they decided she was well enough to send home.

Some other good news: we found out during the discharge training today that Katie is no longer on a strict low-bacteria diet. We had thought this would be something she would have to keep to for 3-6 months, but in fact the list of things she can't eat is limited to raw meat and C grade restaurants. This is all very good news.

I started this post on Thursday while Katie was sitting in traffic on her way from the Hospital, and stopped when I realized I might upset her by spilling the good news myself. But, after 2 days of begging her to post, here we are. So I think I'll acquire this blog for my own use until a time at which she decides to reclaim it. We can all think of the good reasons she hasn't posted - relearning her way around our 700 square feet after a long hiatus, learning to walk to the Kitchen for food instead of calling for room service (or hypothetically having someone call room service for her), all of these can be daunting tasks for someone in her (ahem) fragile condition. Maybe tomorrow we'll work on her relearning where the computer is and you'll possibly get an update from the source.

All jokes aside, she's doing great and feeling better each day. Some have asked whether the procedure was a success; we won't know the true results for many months to come, but we do know that it went about as well as possible, so we're trusting that the cancer is completely gone. Continuing prayers in this direction are always appreciated.