Home!

We're home. We've never been so happy to be all together. I knew Clare missed her routine and her home but when we walked through the door this afternoon she let out the most adorable squeal of delight and was kicking her arms and legs with joy. I was surprised that she reacted so overtly. It made us so happy that she knows that she belongs here and was so excited to be home! We've had the best day. Just sitting on the couch, playing games, having dinner, just being together. Family is the most amazing thing in the world. I'm so happy to to have mine all under one roof again.
So...
Clare's white blood cells were tested again this morning and her ANC (absolute neutrophil count) had gone from 0 to 375!!! So, while we're not at the safe 1500-2000, they felt that she should be ok to go home. In fact, with all the people who were walking in and out of our hospital room and having just come from other sickies rooms, she's probably safter at home. The worry is that if she gets sick again, her body has no way to fight and she'd have to be hospitalized again immediately. So we have to be very careful as I mentioned before. We have to wash hands every time we hold her, use lots of antibacterial stuff, no one but us can come close to her w/out a mask etc. etc. But, only until her neutrophils are back up. Her levels will be tested again on Tue. We're still unsure of the cause of all this, but were able to rule out Kawaskai's Disease and some other things. So until they get all the results of all those tests back they think it was just a virus that was attacking her bone marrow and preventing it from making the neutrophils. So now that it's long gone, they should be able to quickly regenerate. If they don't then we'll have a bone marrow biopsy later next week, but we're sure that won't happen!!
Thank you again everyone for all your love and prayers and service, they've been felt and appreciated.
We love you!!