We are home

We are back in sunny VA. We drove back yesterday - left Marge's house around 4pm and got to our house around 9:30pm. We made a stop in Winchester, VA to get some dinner and all in all it was an uneventful ride home.

Marge was released from the hospital around noon yesterday. She was sent home with a few instructions such as no heavy lifting, don't get her bandages wet, eat a full liquid diet for a few days (that means things like pudding, soup, oatmeal, etc.) She was also given a prescription for pain killers (which she didn't want us to get filled because she said that she was going to need it but when Keith talked to her this morning she thanked him for getting it because she ended up using it last night when she felt some pain).

We were debating whether or not we should stay over one more night just to make sure she was ok, but then we decided to leave. We really weren't doing anything for her and we thought maybe she would "relax" a little and rest more if we were gone. She and Keith sometimes butt heads because he is trying to help her and she is resisting the help. I felt like maybe it would be better if we left since she was insistent that she didn't need our help.

Like I said, Keith talked to her this morning and she seems to be doing ok. She did have some pain last night so she took the pain meds and she said that she slept good for the most part. I know she was probably just happy to be home and in her own bed (I know Keith and I were thankful for that after spending 3 nights separated - me on the couch and him on the floor!)

Marge has a follow-up appointment tomorrow morning with her oncologist to get the results of a blood test that she had last Friday. Hopefully he will tell her that her "cancer blood levels" have gone down and are not continuing to go up. We are unsure what the next step is if the levels are still going up, but I am sure that more tests will be involved.

Thank you for your continued prayers.