We are home!

Gracie did extremely well today. In the morning the swelling in her eye looked the same as last night. Gracie rested much of the morning. Then several volunteers showed up on the unit to do crafts with all of the kids. We told them that Gracie probably did not want to go but would ask her. As soon as Gracie heard that they were doing crafts she said, "Sure" and starting climbing out of bed. She went into the playroom and did not do any crafts but enjoyed her time with her mom. I stayed in the room because a doctor was suppose to come and tell us we could go. Right at 11AM Stephanie and Gracie came back but the doctor had not come. Stephanie went to heat up our lunch and while she was gone a doctor came in and talked to me, looked at Gracie and said he had no problem with us leaving. He just had to confirm with someone else and then we could go. So I packed everything up, we had lunch. Gracie started being quite perky and wanted to eat her breakfast and lunch. She was really talkative and pleasant as long as you did not touch her port. So then we waited and waited. They kept telling us they were waiting on a signature. So just after 3PM we finally left. The trip home was fairly uneventful except that Gracie's eye was getting noticeably less swollen! She was pain free and she could see from her right eye more and more. By the time she got home she was so excited to see her sisters and run around. It was great to see our little Gracie back to normal. Her eye is still very swollen and even more red, but looks much better than this morning.
She seems happy to be back in her home and in her bed. We are so thankful for her health and her resilience. We are especially grateful to see her without pain and back to her cheerful self!