Home at Last

After 47 long days in the hospital Mom is on here way home (11:37a.m.). She has been so tired of being at the hospital and can't wait to be in her own bed and in her own space.

Mom will still needs someone with her 24/7 for the next 53 days. Luckily Esha will be able to be with her during the day for the first few weeks and after that her wonderful friends and ward have offered to help.

I really wish I could be there or at least live closer, but I'm am so thankful for everyone’s love and willingness to help my Mom. Myself, Ryan and the kids are all looking forward to seeing her soon.

I say this all the time it feels like, but it is so true and I don't know what else to say other than thanks to everyone for your love, support, thoughts, prayers and fasting. With Heavenly Father’s love and everyone's support Mom has fought and will continue to fight this fight and beat this cancer.

Coming Home Soon?

Mom is doing great. She is talking, sitting up and even walking a little with the help from a walker and a nurses. On Monday she walked all the way down her hall with a walker. I don't know how far that is, but everyone was really excited about it - so I am too.


They told her that once she is able to walk to the bathroom and back to bed by herself that she’ll probably be able to go home. Yay! She could be home as soon as this weekend, but when I talked to her on Monday she wasn't really sure about that and was thinking it would be more like next week. The sooner the better - we really want her home.

What's Up With Us?

Well first off my Mom is doing great. She was transferred from the ICU to the BMT (bone marrow transplant) floor and has been doing better and better each day. She is still trying to build up her strength given that she lost a ton while laying in bed for over two weeks in the ICU.


Saturday I had my first real conversation with her in almost a month. The last time we really talked was back on Jan. 20th. I remember because it was Alex’s birthday. Anyways she was a lot more alert and she was even asking me questions and really communicating - it's so nice to have her back.

So a lot has been going on with us - we have been crazy busy with Connor, my Mom and now the selling our house. The sign is up and there's no going back. We have found a great contractor and are building our own place and are very excited about it. We’re getting just about everything we want, for less than a lot of other existing homes we were look at. Now we just have to sell our place, so I'm passing on the info. If anyone out there knows of anyone looking for a great house then they need to check out our new blog that we have created for it. Pass on the word and wish us luck.

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SICU For a Few More Days

I went to see Mom over the weekend, she is still in the SICU (Surgical Intensive Care Unit), but seems to doing a bit better each day.



It’s always hard to see someone you love hooked up to so many machines and tubes, but it’s all for the best and I have to keep reminding myself that all those tubes serve an important part in her getting better and helping manage any pain that she might be in.



All of her vital signs look good, but she has been slow to respond to doctor’s commands when they try to bring her out of sedation. They think this has to do with toxins building up in her body because her kidney aren’t function properly. To help clear the toxins, they put her on kidney dialysis Friday, Saturday and Sunday. They’re hoping that once they get most of the toxins out that they’ll be able to take her of sedation and move on with her recovery. The long-term damage to her Kidneys is still unknown.



On a very positive not, her white blood cell count and other blood work looks good, which means that the bone marrow transplant is grafting! Yesterday her white blood cell count was higher than what they wanted, so they’ll watch it closely to make sure there isn’t an infection. Her lungs appear to still be doing good, which is also a positive sign. We’ll continue to pray that she avoids or overcomes any complications.



Mom is strong and we are all praying for her quick recovery.