Thursday, October 29, 2009

Good morning.

We are home!! They let us go yesterday. We figured they aren't doing anything for him there that I can't do for him here. Why waste the money staying in the hospital? Plus, now I have a sore throat and am not feeling the best~~~go figure. Two sick babies in the room with us? I couldn't get David out of there fast enough! It is a good thing he got a powerful antibiotic after surgery! The room situation was a major contributor to us leaving ASAP!! We had two nurses tell us they don't know why David was put there. Oh, well.

Bryon and I went upstairs to the 7th floor to say hi to a nurse David had back in Feb. 2008. She was the nurse who was the most pro-active about finding out what was wrong with David and why he was dying. She remembered David, she will never forget an intussusception in a 13-year-old child!! She said she had never seen it before, and has never seen it since! So it was good to see Amber.

They discharged us about 11:00. Then we had to go check out of the Family House. What that means for the S.F. Family House is clean the room (of course) and wash all the sheets and towels and put them back in the room. Well, by the time we got all that done; and had lunch while the laundry was washing; we left San Francisco at 3:45! If any of you get news from the Bay Area, you know the Bay Bridge was closed because it was broken. Well, that means we had to take the long way home. We stopped for a total of 1/2 hour to get gas and grab food to go; and we got home at 10:30 last night! We were soooooo exhausted!! It took almost 7 hours to go 4 hours away! But we were glad to be home.

For a year when David was on chemo it always snowed when we were gone, and then 'warmed up' when we got home. Well, it did it again! It snowed Tuesday night here! We missed it! Although there is still snow in our backyard. When we got home Bryon was saying that I will get David situated and he will start a fire. Well, Jeremy and Lucy had come over and started a fire for us! That was so sweet and thoughtful of them. So we came home to a blazing fire! Lucy said the house was 49 degrees!! It was so nice to come home to a warm fire. David just slept downstairs~~~he isn't into tackling the stairs yet.

The dressing change went well yesterday. His incision looks good. The doc put another dressing on it, and said we wouldn't need to change it unless it got really bad inside, and then in a week we can take it off for good. Well, it is weeping a little bit, but not too bad. The incision is the same length as the old one, minus about an inch at the top. David's pain is ok. The Percoset is working ok; just can't get his pain below a 2. But it is tolerable, so he is doing better. Thank you so much for your prayers. Keep them coming.

That is about all the news for now. Thank you for checking in on David and the Koury Klan. Have a good day. God bless you. We love you.

Kristi and the Koury Klan

Cancer is like a roadtrip. You begin your journey knowing the destination, but do not know what's in store. Detours, pot holes, exciting adventures around every turn! But you still drive on! (This pretty much sums it us for us!!)