Inpatient Inpatient

The inpatient (Christi) has become inpatient and is quite anxious to play with her cats and to sleep in her own bed! Caroline and Shayla hopped in the taxi at 7:15 AM to catch their morning flight. Caroline later called and said their flight was cancelled due to engine trouble and they were put on another airline’s flight which wouldn’t leave until this afternoon. Well, God works in mysterious ways because about that same time I asked the nurse to see if Christi’s blood counts were in. When I saw the white count went from 0 to 1.7 and her ANC went from 0 to nearly 1,500 I shouted into my poor mother’s ear that maybe she wouldn’t have to drive a couple of hours to the airport anyway, maybe we’d all be coming home together today with Mr. Traunero. (Thankfully, I caught Mom and Joe before they took off for the airport to pick up Caroline and Shayla. My sister and I often joke about Mom's cell phone- or lack of!)

About an hour later Dr. Maris walked in and asked, “Why are you still here?” I said, “Because you said she couldn’t leave.” He said, “Didn’t you see that ANC? I know you and I figured you already booked your flight home.” I said, “Can I?” He said, “Yes, she can go.” Whew! Praise the Lord!

As I type, the wonderful Rich Traunero is in the air on his way to Philadelphia. Caroline and Shayla who have been hanging out for hours at the airport are in a line to see if I can get my money back for their flights since they’ll be on the Angel Flight home with us today and the sweet Mr. Grant is on his way into the city to pick up Christi and I. We will swing by the big airport to pick up Caroline and Shayla and then all get dropped off at the little executive airport where Rich will land. We praise God for sweet divine intervention and for incredible Angels on earth working so hard to get us back home. We pray for safe travels for everyone involved in this mission! Thank you for working overtime storming heaven with your prayers for this little girl. It looks like she WILL dance at her recital and she WILL pour out the lemonade on Friday too! God is good!!

Today's blood counts:
white 1.7
hgb. 11.6
platelets 9 (transfused today, most likely will need them again on Thursday at home)
ANC 1,469 (May go down a bit, but she should be fine!)

Tests/scans to see if this treatment worked: June 20th and 21st. Ahhh, that's about two weeks at home!

SHAYNE: My cell phone isn’t working. We should land around 5:15 or so. Please pick us all up after work! THANKS!!! I’ve missed you sooooooooooo much!