Yes, he's home!

This morning was very exciting as we packed up everything in the hospital room to go home. It's a good thing we had already sent home a couple very large loads since we wouldn't have been able to fit everything in the car otherwise! It's amazing how much stuff accumulated in 3 weeks (reminded me of moving out of my dorm room at the end of a year and wondering how so much fit into such a small space). We needed to go to the pharmacy in the hospital to get a bag full of medicines to bring home; Mark was in line waiting and sent me a text saying it was a zoo and how grateful he was that we have the Alfred Pharmacy to deal with on a regular basis. Even with insurance covering some of the cost, it was still sticker shock for us! We spent time with a nurse practitioner going over each medicine making sure we knew what it was for and when it should be taken. As we waited for the discharge papers to come, a few of the staff (including one of the cleaning guys) stopped by to send us home with good wishes. We were finally able to walk out the door around 12:30 pm. Sawyer had been pining for a cheese quesadilla and chicken noodle soup from Friendly's so that was our first stop - luckily Mark knew where one was just a short distance from the hospital. And even better it was amazingly empty for lunchtime so we felt it was okay for Sawyer to go inside to eat. Our second and final stop was at the Almond Library since the director there had just received her shipment of bracelets to sell as a fundraiser - they are embossed with the words "Sawyer's Soldiers" - stop by the library if you want to pick one up (tomorrow, Election Day, would be the perfect time since the library is holding a soup luncheon and basket raffle). Sawyer can have visitors and go to other houses, but he'll have to avoid places with any concentration of people. We're waiting to hear from the visiting nurse for a visit tomorrow to open the case and get things in place for the weekly visits. And we'll hear soon from the school about a tutoring schedule. Sawyer's hair is starting to shed more now and he's ready to get it shaved since he's tired of it falling into his face. He's asked the school superintendent to do the honor of shaving it for him and feels that he won't be bothered much by having it gone.