The 4th chemo treatment was Sunday, March 20. Dr. Jeong said it was best if she went home for the 4 weeks of recovery. "You are too sick to be in the hospital." Have you ever heard of such a thing? She will have no immunity to fight germs, and people around here have plenty of germs!
Aunt Judy was back again from Nashville, this time with Zach, her 15 yr old grandson (Kristi's son). He was on spring break and was going to visit with grandparents and friends he has here. On Monday afternoon they discharged Mom and she headed for home. It was nice to have our own private nurse at the the house! We got her settled in and hauled in all the stuff she had collected while in the hospital. Thank you to all the people who sent cards and flowers and gifts. It was very much appreciated. The hospital stay was like a family reunion mixed with a neighborhood block party with a little happy hour on top. But now we were in the danger zone. Mom was neutropenic. That meant she had no immune system, nothing to fight off infection or these Illinois colds that linger around this time of year. The visitors would come to a halt - after all, that's why we left the hospital.
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