Home Again, Home Again, Jiggety Jog

Dear Family and Friends,

He's home again, but unlike the nursery rhyme, he's not ready to go to market and he's not ready to jog, but it is nice to have him home and not have to make the trip to UIC every day.  Wednesday, we will have to go back for our first clinic appointment which, if our understanding is correct, will mean spending quite a bit of the day there. 

Gary called both Peter and I while we were at church this morning that he was being released.  Peter and I went down to get him, but when we got there we found he still needed a 4 hour antibiotic IV, so Peter went home again while I waited with Gary.  Gary napped for quite a bit of that time and watched part of the White Sox game.

We were never really were able to figure out what specifically caused the need for the bright yellow gowns yesterday and since he was going home, even though they were still there, we didn't need to wear them.  The good news was that his blood sugars appear to have leveled out as well as his blood pressure.  No one mentioned how his white count was today and I forgot to ask.

Please pray that he will adjust well to being home.  Part of that involves learning to drink a lot more fluids, particularly water so he stays hydrated and eat differently now that he has a working Kidney and Pancreas -- things we had had to eliminate from his diet his body now needs like phosphorus, potassium, and magnesium rich foods, so I guess some more papers will be added to my cupboards.

Pray also for continued strength and rest for all of us as we adjust to him being home again while still continuing clean up from flooding, also school for Andrew and Stephanie, work for Peter, as well as other things that were put on the "back burner" somewhat while Gary was in the hospital.

As we left today, the nurses told Gary, don't come back again unless you're coming to say hi -- that's our wish too.

Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers.

Love,
Nelly and family