Homeward Bound

It’s looking like I’m going home tonight. That’s earlier than everyone originally thought so this is excellent news! I have to be fever free w/o antibiotics for 24 hours, which should happen by early evening. My counts are still low but acceptable enough to leave – they’ll always be low while I’m going through chemo.

Luckily, I tested negative for strep and flu and a host of other tests they did. So, the running theory is that I caught a virus and wasn’t able to fight is off as I normally would have. It’s pretty common for this kind of thing to happen but I have to laugh whenever they ask “have you been around anyone who is sick?”. Um, I live with a kid whose nose probably hasn’t stopped running for more than a week at a time since she started kindergarten in the fall. And also, aren’t most people contagious even before they’re symptomatic? So…unless you have a bubble for me like that one in the John Travolta movie when I was a kid (now I’m really showing my age) I can only promise to do my best.

I’m truly happy I’ll be home for Easter since it’s such a big deal for J. Who knew kids these days write “Dear Easter Bunny” letters like they do for Santa? When did that become a thing? This Easter will likely be even better than originally planned thanks to the Easter bunny helpers out there. I know who you are but I’m sorry to say, the mythical Easter Bunny will be getting all the credit. If I wasn’t such a procrastinator I would have been done with my Easter shopping before Wed but that’s just not how I roll and it never will be. I learned after several all-nighters in college that I work best under pressure. Or at least that’s what I tell myself. (Thanks to everyone who offered Easter help. I couldn’t accept every offer or we would have had Easter overkill).

Things could have been worse. I was able to have Rick here with me until last night. The nurses were amazing, I received some beautiful flowers, and I read “Where the Crawdads Sing”. Despite the silly name it was quite enjoyable.

Hoping things are uneventful until chemo #4, which will now be 4/30.