Emmalee is Home!

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2008 09:05 PM, CDT
Emmalee just arrived home at about 8:00 this evening. We are glad to have her home and she seems more comfortable at home. We have the home health nurse coming back to teach us how to feed her and give her medication through her NG tube. (It goes from her nose to her small intestine)We left the hospital today with about 10 perscriptions which she needs various meds around the clock. She can not have any food that has protein, which pretty much eliminates all foods. That is why she has the NG tube and a special dietary formula.

She had one dose of chemo before she left the hospital today, another out patient dose on November 5 and will go back in-patient for another 3-5 day round of chemo on November 11.

It is a little overwhelming right now.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2008 06:17 PM, CDT
Emmalee had a really tough night. The medicines we put in the NG tube make her nausiated. She has about 9 meds that need to be given. It is a little much for her. Some of the meds we crush up, add water, put in a syringe and then add in feeding tube. She said she doesn't want any trick or treaters coming by cause the noise would bother her. Please continue to pray for her.
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I am so excited that Emmalee was able to come home. I really hope she can get better. This kind of stuff makes you think twice about how precious life is. I think we all get caught up and life and take it for granted. I think we take the most special people in our lives for granted. One day something like this could happen and you realize you gotta take the moments you have with these special people and use it wisely.