Evie Update - Day 4 - She's Home!

Evie got to come home today!!!! Woo-hoo! She is sleeping in her own bed now as I type. She has a slight, thick cough from being intubated, but otherwise is doing fairly well. She was eating a sausage patty with Francis when I arrived this morning:




All that eating made her tired - after all, it was her first solid food since Sunday evening - so she zonked out for a nap:





We got the OK to leave in the early afternoon. We got Evie all dressed and ready to go. We were about to put her in the little red wagon to go downstairs when she threw up all her clean outfit. Sigh! In the picture below she is wearing a way-too-big, but clean, donated shirt that our nurse found for her. We were just waiting for Francis to pull the minivan around to the front.




The kids at Hope are brought to the front door in these red wagons when they get discharged. It's similar to how adults get brought out in wheelchairs - the hospital doesn't want any liability if the patients fall on the way out! Or in our case, if a parent fell while carrying their child.

Evie fell asleep on the way home. I gave her a much-needed bath, she ate a little bit of ham, and then wanted to go to sleep. We are looking forward to a quiet day tomorrow, and not going back to the hospital for a very long time! Again, we are so very grateful for all the prayers, well-wishes, and help we have received this week.