It's Been Awhile....

Yes, it's been awhile since we've posted any new updates. Looking at it from a positive side, no new posts for a couple of weeks must mean everything is good, right? That has beent he case here for the most part. Ryan has been enjoying being back home after his 3 week stay at the BMT Unit. He can eat when he wants and what he wants. He can sleep when he wants and doesn't get woke up at 4:00am every morning for blood work and, most importantly, he has many more satellite TV channels to choose from! We still have to take him back to the hospital about every 3 days or so for blood work and vitals. He's had to have platelets a couple of times and his white blood counts haven't been rising like they should. His white count has been hovering around 2,000. A normal count is between 4,200 and just below 11,000, so that's a bit worrisome. His greatest risk right now is infection. We are trying to keep the house sterilized and clean but it's not always an easy thing to do. He's done an almost feinting thing a couple of times recently but hasn't quite hit the floor in a stupor! We are still greatful that he's come through in relatively good shape and that the prognosis is good. When we were at the BMT Unit last week, a young couple came in with a newborn baby. The husband has non-hodgkins lymphoma. We asked about their situation. Their baby is 3 months old and they've been married just a short time. He was diagnosed in December. They looked too young to be married and with a baby let alone to have to go through something like this too. Sad! We also found out this week that the wife of some very good friends of ours has liver cancer. They were in our last ward and have kids the same age as ours and always hung out together. Their one boy is on his mission in California and just passed his one year mark. A couple of summers ago, they invited us to spend a few days with them at their family ranch in Wyoming where we got to go horseback riding and just hang out. Judy made us the best swedish pancakes I've ever had (sorry Grandma Adams!). Our hearts ache for them and our prayers are with them.

FREEDOM!

This is my excited face.

Today I was released from the hospital! I just barely got home and thought I better hurry and post the good news before anyone else decides to come visit me and finds and empty room! My aunt Nola just barely made it in before I was discharged, and another friend was going to come this afternoon before I text him that I was going home!

It feels really good to be home. I'm so glad things went so well the entire time I was in the hospital and I was able to be released so soon. The nurse said that most patients are feeling pretty lousy even when they are discharged, so again I feel very blessed to be doing so well! I have to be careful for the next few weeks still, with my diet and avoiding crowds and sick people. I have to wear the mask each time I go back up to the hospital for check ups and such, and if I'm in public places. I think I'll just mostly stay home to avoid any risks anyway. At least I am home though, and don't have to be woken up at 4 AM every day to have my blood drawn, amongst other annoyances of hospital life!