Day #4 - Scheduled to go home

Hi All,
We should be going home today. Nick is feeling great but his counts are not exactly where we would like to be. His WBC is now 1.9 (yesterday 1.8) and his ANC is 380. (should be 500 to be released) I am waiting for the Doctors to come in and give me the protocol for leaving. They know Nick is eager to go but we will have pre-cautions to. I am thinking just living in a 'bubble' for a day or two so he will have a full recovery. I am sure Nick will be sent home with some antibiotics to, but as long as we can go home, we can adjust. Nick is already trying to line up playdates and really misses his friends. This will be the hard part, small visits at a time. I'll post more later.

I forgot to mention that over a month ago we booked a ski trip through Colby's Karate class to Stratton Mtn. Colby is so excited to go and we never book events a head of time because of Nick. This time we took a chance. We were hoping Nick and I could go up for the night (tonight) and then ski on Saturday and then come home. Nana & Papa Charlie are taking Tom for his first over night sleepover. The goods news is that Greg & Colby will be leaving to go up to the mountain today. Colby is taking a ski lesson tomorrow and then go tubbing. Nick is bummed he can not go, but he will get extra attention at home, so hopefully it works out for both of them.
These are the times that upset Greg & I personally, we can not be together as a family, but we know Nick is fighting and as long as he continues, we will beat this.