HOME AGAIN, HOME AGAIN

Sharon was able to come home from the hospital on Saturday morning. In fact we were home in time to watch the morning session of General Conference, which in itself was something of a miracle. If you've ever tried to get out of hospital you will know what I am talking about. We were able to enjoy all sessions of conference which was pretty good considering the cable went out for a good part of the day around the valley. Thank you for having both cable and satellite. We were very inspired by the conference especially President Ucthdorf's talk on Hope. As to our health issues, they took an additional 700cc of fluid off of her right side making a total of 2100cc's from both sides. She is able to breathe more comfortably, but her left lung still has not expanded back. We are hopeful that by being home and moving around more and doing breathing exercises that we can get it to come back. That is pretty important if we are to get her off oxygen. She completed the round of dacogon and received 3 units of blood and a unit of platelets which should be good for a while. The white count has remained in the mid 40's not down much but more important not up. She has started on a small dose of the oral chemo drug, Hydrea, to hopefully jump start a trend down for the white count. She still has quite a cough and we're hopeful that it is helping to open up her lungs, otherwise it is very irritating. She is quite the trooper and continues to push forward without complaint. We are really looking forward to the week ahead, being back home and anxiously awaiting the arrival of our 14th grandchild which is scheduled for Wednesday. The family continues to grow which makes us appreciate how blessed we are. We look forward to the miracles that lie ahead and as always "WE CONTINUE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH FAITH."