Daddio is in the House

Phil, my main man is home tonight and sleeping soundly in his own bed after eating most of a pulled pork sandwich, carrots and dip, and a fresh fruit salad of strawberries, blueberries, grapes and pineapple. That's more than he's eaten in one sitting in days!

We've got our work cut out for us in the days ahead as our family takes on the bulk of his nursing care and he begins his home IV therapy. What with follow up visits with his various physicians and continual MRI monitoring of his brain and eye processes we'll be all about town! His kidney function is still a bit high so he's backing off to every other day Ambisome antifungal treatment with labs being drawn every other day to follow his progress. The iron chelation therapy will be held for now because it carries a risk of renal failure. It can be added in again later as the kidneys hopefully stabilize. And I believe I mentioned that the HBO (hyperbaric oxygen)therapy has been denied so is being addressed via other methods.

Tomorrow is Mr. B's 9th birthday and I am so happy for him that Dad is home for the party. I remember it like it was yesterday when I told Phil we were having a boy. He literally danced a jig in our Poulsbo, WA kitchen! October became a busy time for us with the addition of our kids birthdays and I've absolutely loved sharing it with them.

This year, it's already been a birthday month with wishes we'll never forget making and memories we'll keep forever. Thank you God that he's home.