What an amazing day! I came in from running and Emily was jumping up and down saying "I get to go home, I get to go home!..Let's go mom!" It was very hard for her to wait for all the boring discharge stuff and then we had to wait for the medicationto be ready. When we finally pulled up to the house there were neighbors waiting at our house with balloons and a welcome home sign to help celebrate with our family! It was so wonderful to see the light in her eyes. She could hardly contain herself. We brought Leo out and he went crazy! She was so excited that he still knew who she was without even having to sniff her!
While she was in the hospital Jacqueline painted and decorated her room to surprise her. It was so darling to see her face when she walked in. She loves her new room!
Emily was on such a high! She got to play with friends and of course with Leo. By the time 5:00 hit she was so exhausted. Her friend didn't understand why she was laying down wanting to watch a show. I explained that Emily is on a lot of medications and gets tired really easily.
The laurels in our ward showed up at our door dressed as princesses(they were so cute!) they brought Cambry, Mia and Hallie along and they had a little party making crowns and painting nails! Emily was tired but everyone was very understanding and patient!
As I was learning how to give Emily her IV meds at 11:00pm with the home health nurse. Aunt Monica showed up! Yahoo! At first she didn't come to our house because she thought we were asleep. Emily started to cry when she thought she wasn't going to get to see her aunt. Grandpa saved the day and brought her over. They had a great time giggling and laughing.
I finally layed down at 1:45am. It was a long but absolutely wonderful day! It is so great to be able to go and hug all of my children and tell them goodnight. It is an amazing feeling to be together under one roof again!
We still have a long road ahead of us but at least we can do it from home and just go up 2 times a week to the hospital. We will celebrate the good days and pray that the hard days will be far and few between!
5 comments:
Jill, I'm sorry we didn't make it to the hospital to see Emily while she was there. Our lives have been so hectic. Please know that you continue to be in our thoughts and prayers.
- Deni
PS - I found a sheet with Ryan's numbers on it and he actually started to engraft at day 11. Crazy how you forget things...
I was just thinking last nite how great it must feel to be able to tuck all of your kids in last nite. Thank you for the reminder of the little things that are not so little.
I hope you continue to blog as I know it is a strength to many, not to mention so uplifting. Thank you for sharing your courage and endurance.
I hope to see Jackie over here just as much as ever. :)
We love the Heaps...
I am so happy for your family. This is all so touching.
Jaqueline, the room looks amazing!!
Wish we could see you!!! I don't like having to stay away.
Congratulations to all of you. You're an amazing family.
Emily,
It was so fun being with you last night. I am sure that it was a little overwhelming to have so many princesses in one place but you were a trooper. Thanks for letting Hailey come along. She loved feeling big! Check out our blog for the latest pictures from that night....(I sent them to your dad, too) Love you!
How cute is her room? I love the flowers! It was so fun to see the welcome home signs and balloons! Yeah!!!
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