9/1/2004 We're Home!!!

Yeah!!!! We're Home!!!

Jordan's surgery went well. We got a great 8:30 am appointment, and luckily it wasn't pushed back. We only heard one "I'm hungry" before they had him under. This one took the wind out of his sales for the rest of the day. The bone marrow test makes his lower back a little sore, and we're told by the nurses that the "port" in his chest probably feels like a pulled muscle (at least that's what the older kids who get them tell the nurses).

It took the hospital 5 hours to discharge us and we had to make 3 loads to the car to get all of the stuff out of our room: 10 mylar balloons, 4 stuffed animals, 5 lego things, 20 books, several robotic creatures, and about 10 videos and DVDs including the entire season one of "Sponge Bob Square Pants" episodes....oh ya, and one small boy.

We'll get the results of the bone marrow test on Friday when Lara takes Jordan back into the hospital for a transfusion. His red blood cell count is at 22. They'll let it go to 20 before a transfusion (a normal person's is between 30 and 40). Even though many of the leukemia cells are gone, it takes 7 to 14 days for the body to start reproducing red blood cells like it used to. Hopefully, this will be the last transfusion he'll need before his body starts working properly.

They also told us not to be alarmed if the leukemia count is not less than 5% on this 7 day test. Only about 1/3 of the kids have it gone by day 7. If it isn't gone, we'll check again on day 14.