Going home today

Summer is getting one last antibiotic, Ceftriaxone, before we leave the hospital. Of course, I am excited to go, but she is not. Nothing unusual there because going home means being de-accessed. I hope we don't have to come back later today or this week for that matter, but it is possible if her fever returns. This morning it was 99.1 which I guess isn't really a fever they are worried about. We have to go to the clinic on Wednesday, her birthday, for a blood check. Maybe her counts will be up by then and we can discontinue the shots. That would be a great birthday present! Some of our friends visited us last night (Thank you!!!) and they got to witness her getting a shot. She was her usual unhappy self until it was over. I think her counts are in the 200's today so that means they are on there way back up. Yay!!! She still shouldn't go in public places or around a lot of people, but they are headed in the right direction. We may take a trip to the carousel today if it isn't raining. It is usually pretty empty during the day so I will just take a handful of antibacterial wipes to disinfect the animals she rides. We never get out of there with just one ride. :)

I am still thinking I am going to hold off on having her party until next week since her counts are still low. I'd rather be safe than sorry. She says she wants a chocolate Barney cake so that is what I will get. Don't know if I should go with the Barney shaped cake I got made last year or get a square cake from Wal-Mart. Decisions, decisions. I still have to decide what to give her too. I have a closet full of things to choose from so at least I don't have to go shopping. I like to shop ahead especially when I find things on sale. I am a CRAZY clearance shopper. Clearance aisles always get me in trouble, well they would if we were broke. Thankfully we are not yet. :)

She is eating like a horse today. She woke up and wanted a Popsicle so she called the nurses station and asked for an orange one. Then she ate some macaroni and cheese left over from yesterday. She had half a jar of spaghetti, 3 peanut butter cookies, 1/2 a sugar cookies and a couple of bite of other noodles. She has also had two apple juices. She weighed 31.4 last night which was up almost a pound from the day before. Woo-hoo!!!! It looks like we are not going to be getting a feeding tube anytime soon.

Well, her antibiotic is done so we are ready to get out of here. Now comes the not so fun part: de-accessing the port. :(