Freedom!

Really short update tonight.

If everything goes well overnight, Katie will be discharged tomorrow, and will finally be coming home!

She is cleared to eat a full diet, but will be taking things very slowly to start with.  She'll primarily be on the BRAT diet - Bananas, Rice, Applesauce, Toast - for a couple days, then will start adding one or two foods per day until she's back to a normal diet.  

We will come back to the surgeon in about a week for a checkup, then will be meeting with a couple different oncologists to find the one we like.  She's still very weak relative to before the surgery, and is not allowed to pick up anything heavier than a jug of milk for about 8 weeks.  She won't be able to care for our kids alone for a while, so we're working on finding some help around the house on a more permanent basis.  

The blog posts will probably be much less frequent now that she's home, though they may pick up again once chemo starts, or perhaps after we meet with the oncologists and know more about what to expect form chemo.  We'll see. 

I know I say this every time, but I really can't thank you enough for your prayers and support over these past 2 weeks.  You have sustained us through what we hope is the hardest part of this illness, and we're looking forward to life resuming some kind of normalcy, even if it won't look like it used to for a while still.  

Thank you again, we love you, and may God abundantly bless you!

David