What's this I am strapped into? A car what?

Cutler’s platelets and the measurement of his immune system, still can’t remember the acronym, continued to rise and so as soon as he woke from his second nap after the spinal tap we were on our way.  Melanie and I figured out that we were in the hospital for 26 days so far.  It really kind of flew by, it feels like almost yesterday that we were peeling ourselves off the floor and figuring out which way was up.  It was so long in fact, that I think Cutler was extremely confused as to what he was being strapped into when we put him in his car seat (picture above).

He was also very sad to leave the company of his nurses, although we will be back soon.  He was especially sad that his former favorite nurse, Kammie, was not there to say goodbye on this special day.  I do want to thank all of the wonderful nurses, pcas, and of course the doctors as they have all been tremendously supportive and are feeling just like a part of the family.  They were always there to help educate, entertain, and most importantly take care of Cutler. 

Kammie who? 🙂

Geez, now I sound like we aren’t going back.  We will definitely be back, not sure of the time frame yet though as it all depends on how quickly his blood gets back to the right levels to endure another round of chemo.  Anticipating that it will be 7 to 10 days.  And I am sure we will be happily greeted by these smiling faces.

Cutler's Angels

Cutler wasn’t upset, just still experiencing the joys of narcotics.

Cutler's Angels 2

Ok, so it’s not Kammie’s fault she wasn’t there.  Cutler will forgive her in time and I refuse to get in the middle of the battle for favorite nurse.

Kammie Is Forgiven

So now we are sitting at home and everything finally feels in place.  Mason was extremely surprised when he walked in the door and found Cutler playing away.  And you should have seen the reaction from Cutler.  The bond between these two is amazing.  Right now they are sitting next to each other in their seats watching a movie and smelling the wonderful dinner that Melanie is cooking.

Thanks to everyone for their continued prayers.  We still have a long road ahead of us starting with Cutler’s first trip back to the clinic on Friday for blood tests and followed by Mason’s test on Monday.  As a reminder, the blood drive organized by Tiffany Solis at Cutler’s school is scheduled for this Friday from 12pm to 4pm.  Details can be found here: https://teamfricke.wordpress.com/2009/10/02/blood-drive-for-cutler/