Monday, July 18, 2011

On the way OUT!



The picture above is actually from the other day when Dr. Haddad took Maddy’s stitches out from the chest tube sites.


The scoop today is that MADDY IS GOING HOME!


They actually began this process on Thursday of last week but we did not want to say anything in case it didn’t happen. Last week the word was that they were going to have a meeting of the minds on Monday morning and make a final decision as to whether or not they were going to do the Nissen surgery early this week and let her go home Friday or get her out earlier. Yesterday Dr. Haddad told Maddy that she would be going home on Monday but we didn’t want to believe him until we actually saw the ball in motion. This morning at 8:10 Ginger the Transplant coordinator came in and confirmed that after 40 days in the hospital Maddy will be going home today.


We still have to meet with the pharmacist to go over all the medications she will be taking at home. He will give us a 30 day supply before we leave. We also have to be seen by Dr. Rolf, which usually happens by 9 or so on weekdays. Lots of work yet to get done before we are cleared to get out of this place but we see the ball rolling!


It will probably be mid to late afternoon before all this stuff is done so we are trying to take it easy and not get too worked up. But we are ready to walk out the door RIGHT NOW! The next leg of the journey is about to begin. Maddy still has a long road of recovery to go through. Now she gets to recover at home.


More to come...

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