T+382 Home...and More!

The big news?  After six and a half months, we are home!  We left our home-away-from-home, RMH, and Minneapolis last Tuesday morning.  Torie was SO excited...as soon as we hit the Interstate, she started yelling, "MOMMY!  TORIE'S COMING!  I COMING HOME!"  Like always, she did excellent on the way.  We made it to Kearney, Nebraska and the hotel had a pool.  Torie hasn't been in a swimming pool since December.  Of 2009!  She jumped and swam and kicked and had a great time.  Wednesday afternoon we got to Shaun's house in Ft. Collins.  Sadly, Collette wasn't able to make it, but we were glad to be in Colorado...finally!  The roads were dry until we got to the Eisenhower Tunnel, and we

hit snow that made it a bit slow-going.  After 1200 miles we got to Fruita and Mommy!  And Papa Dick and Papa Tom.  It's SOOO nice to be home with our family and friends under the blue, sunny Colorado sky!

Lexie is thrilled to have Torie home, and Torie's thrilled to be there!  It's great to see them back together.  Torie is still running everywhere, and jabbering non-stop.  Yesterday was Dad's birthday, and Torie put the candles in the cake, and then wanted "fire on the candles."  We sang Happy Birthday and blew out candles.  4 times!  Then she decided she was going to cut her piece - after she'd already taken a few tastes.  Just watching her is the greatest gift Papa Dick ever got.  For the rest of us, too!  We tend to all sit around and watch.  When we think back to a year ago, and she was so sick, to have her getting healthy and being happy is the best thing ever.

Today we had labs at St. Mary's, and all is looking good.  Next week we'll try to wean Prednisone (the steroid) down to 15mg every other day.  Keep your fingers crossed!
 
We miss our friends at RMH, especially our Hurler family.  Today Zachary is T+17, and he's still in PICU on a ventilator.  Derek is T+10, and he's hanging tough.  Ethan is still waiting, and will have a CT next week to see if they can finally get started with transplant.  We know that your prayers and happy thoughts make a huge difference, so please send them to our boys.  Grow cells, grow!  And thanks for sticking with us as we get closer and closer to Vic-Torie!