First day home

Sunday was a wonderful day. The swelling in Gracie's eye seemed to reduce by the minute! She was nauseated in the morning. We gave her some of the Zophran and within an hour she was back to her regular self. She enjoyed spending time with family and had no need for pain medication. We did have to administer eye drops for Gracie as well as one shot. However even this was exciting because this was the only shot required at home. The previous round we had given her a shot every day however this time only one shot is required. The shots help her low blood counts recover more quickly and the hospital generally gives just the one shot for patients. The type of shots that require one shot every day is part of the clinical study protocol that Gracie was going to be part of. However, paper work was not filed on time, so we are not bound by the precise protocol and so opted to move to only giving one shot. Gracie hated the shot but at least we do not have to torture her with them everyday.

Gracie hated the drops while in the hospital. I think it is mostly because we had to force her swollen eye open to give them. Now she still says that she does not want them but tolerates them much easier.

We are excited to see Gracie back to her normal self and playing so happily with her sisters! We feel that the Lord has blessed her and us so much! We are grateful for your prayers and love. We continue to pray for Gracie to keep her right eye and for the medication to work quickly and effectively.