Day +1

We aren't even a quarter way through our 'recovery' and I'm already slacking at my job of updating.  I'll just leave this post designated to Friday, March 21 - Day +1. 

We had our first post-transfusion follow up starting at 7:30 in the morning.  We anticipated the day being quick as most of Andy's numbers should be relatively stable yet...however, we quickly learned, really nothing is 'quick', although we were only in the hospital for about 2 hours.  

We had the same nurse from our infusion - whose name is BECKY!  Andy's calcium numbers are starting to drop a little, so he started his supplement back and we learned that IVF on the white board has nothing to do with reproduction, but for IV FLUIDS.  That explains a lot.  

We went over all the basic questions, confirmed Andy is still feeling great, heard again, that he's going to feel like garbage soon and by 9:30 we were discharged and back home.  

We spent the rest of the day being two normal adults, working in our respective home offices!

We let the kids go to the annual swim banquet - we figured, after being in school all day, what difference did it make if they spent the night hanging out with their peers?  I picked up fish fries from Sendiks for Andy and I and we played a lot of Dominos.  I mean, technically, that's a really great night for the Bachs.  

We all felt a little sad knowing that today is the day we were supposed to be packing up and heading to Orange Beach for a week of fun in the sun on Spring Break!  And we are allowing ourselves to feel sad about that, especially trying to help the kids understand that it's OK to be sad about a thing such as a vacation or time on the beach.  We know there is nothing we'd rather have in the entire world then having our dad better - think of the vacation we'll have when this is all over!  And how grand that we are now on Day +1 and not just planning and preparing for the SCT!