Home at last!

Abbie had her line taken out today, and is now resting happily in my bed upstairs. Her bloodwork kept coming back with bacteria present, so it was obvious that the infection had reached her line. Now that the line is out, though, the infection should clear up right away (she's still on antibiotics, but we no longer need to give her the high-powered stuff through IV that she's been on the past few days.) We'll go back on Friday to have more bloodwork done, just to be sure, but it seems safe to say that she's in the clear.

The positive in all of this is that as long as nothing happens to neccessitate (sp? too lazy to check it) another line being put in, she'll finally be able to take regular baths and go swimming this summer! To quote Abbie, "Whee-hoo!" This is going to make the summer so, so much easier!

It is funny to think that this hospital stay -- all due to that stupid "fever-less" stomach bug -- has ended up being only one day shorter that Abbie's second brain surgery. Thank goodness they let us go home today! We were all starting to go a little buggy, although I have been extremely proud of how well the older girls' behaved through all of this. They spent quite a few days caged in that little room with us all day, and their behaviour was never less than impeccable. By the time we left, everyone knew about "that family with the five sweet girls," and the nurses were plying them with ice cream and stickers at every turn.

We're all pretty tuckered out from this unexpected week in the hospital, so now it's off snuggle in bed with Abbie and Claire, and murmur to myself, "there's no place like home!" :)