Day 44-----HOME SWEET HOME

Good Evening dear friends and family,

We are home, home, home!!!! I arrived at HUP at 11am. Bob had already had a platelet infusion even though he had them yesterday also. This is a precaution to keep his count up over the weekend. His hgb is 9.1 and has been 9 or over for a week now, so he didn't get any blood. His white count is still rather low at 3.3, and there wasn't a neutrophil count back by the time we left. So for the weekend he will lay low, and continue the neutropenic precautions. He was given one last IV antibiotic infusion and had his IV catheter dressing changed. We were given numerous instructions and prescriptions, than Bob washed up, changed into street clothes(that are all very baggy), and we were outta there. Everything went very smoothly w/o a single glitch.

We were on the road by 3p and got home around 4p. I unpacked while Bob savored a few moments out on our deck, enjoying the birds, green trees and flowers. Dynamo Debbie stopped over to drop off dinner....gemelli with tomato sauce and sausage(as requested by Bob when she asked what he would like for his homecoming meal during her visit yesterday), salad and Italian bread. We ate like we hadn't had a meal in years, and sopped up every bit of sauce with our bread. It was fabulous. Megan also stopped over after work and shared our feast. I had to run out to CVS to pick up some prescriptions, and when I got back Meg had done all the clean-up. I just want to take the opportunity now to thank Megan for being here for me. It was wonderful to know that she would be here when I got home...hated coming home to an empty house when Bob was at CMMC for a week or 2 at a time. Can't imagine these last 6 weeks without her. And it wasn't easy for her either. She goes to school in Bucks co. and works at Grandviews' day care, so she really ran all over creation every day(not to mention working out at the gym). She'd bring dinner home and help with the laundry and housework, and on weekends come down to visit Uncle Bob. She's a gem, my Meggie, and I will be forever grateful.

Well there's going to be a delay in this post b/c Penn home care just stopped by to drop off supplies, go over policies and get a gazillion forms filled out. But that's okay cuz.....BOB'S HOME!!!!! So I'm going to go spend some time with my guy before he poops out. He's watching his first television in over 6 weeks, relaxing in the recliner with a glass of iced tea. I'm simply overjoyed, I just can't tell you. I'll continue to post, but probably not every day. Going to take some time to just be and enjoy Bobs' company.

Once again, thank you, thank you, thank you to all. We are asking Gods' Blessings to be bestowed on each and every one of you tonight, and thanking him for your presence in our lives.

All our love,
Bob and Mo