Back to "normal" life....

WE ARE HOME!!!!  Oh I cannot tell you how thankful I am that we are back to our own place and able to just relax, heal, and get back into "normal" life.  Last week was exhausting, on every kind of level.  I think it will take quite a while to actually feel like we are back to our "normal" selves again.

Although Caleb did not complete all of the goals we had for him before he was discharged, the doctors felt that he no longer needed their medical supervision.  He did get off all IV pain meds.  Although we still are waiting to get a true diagnosis, and it will still be a while before Caleb can walk.  Regardless, we are just oh so thankful to be home.

And I am already back to work.  In fact, I just got home to find him asleep on the couch.  And now to start cleaning!  I have two goals this week when I am home....clean hard and rest hard!  I figure that I need to make this place look like a warm and clean house again, versus the way it has been looking like a hospital room/bachelor pad lately!  And later this week I hope to cash in on my friend's amazing gift of getting me house cleaning!!! How amazing is that?!?! :)  And, like I said, I want to rest hard.  I just want to enjoy having my husband at home.  It is oh so amazing to just be able to watch a movie together in our own living room.

To kinda give you an idea of how his feet have been looking, I am going to post a few pictures.  I am just warning you that they are NASTY.   It looks like he has leprosy or something...but in reality, it is the vasculitis.  Sorry in advance for the icky pictures, but I want to document them, and also family members in Texas want to see them.  These are pictures from the hospital, before they sent him home.  They look horrible.  But at least they are now normal sized feet, and they are normal temperature.

This one was actually earlier in the week, at the hospital.

The day before we left the hospital.

The day before we left the hospital.



The day we we left.



And he is on the mend.  After a restful nights sleep at home last night, I can say his feet look even considerably better today!  One day at a time.  His goal is to be able to walk on his birthday, on April 5th.  Ahhhh, I will cry of happiness the day he does! 

Thank you all for your prayers, love, and support!  We are literally overwhelmed by it!  Today, while at work, I had to try to hold myself together when I thought of how many people are loving us and supporting us and helping out right now!  We are so blessed....

So, even though he is home, and even though he seems to be healing up, please don't stop praying! 

Please pray that Caleb doesn't have any setbacks and that he doesn't relapse.  And also, please pray for rest.

All to say, we are sooooo glad to be home.... There isn't any other place like it.