Going Home!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's true!  Jacob has had a shower, and we are packing up.  The staff are working on all of the discharge paperwork. We also need to check out of the Ronald McDonald House.  So we're not ready to walk out the door yet, but oh so very close! 

Thank you SO MUCH for all of the cheery messages and jokes yesterday.  We had MANY great laughs in the midst of being very tired.  We needed your input and so many shared smiles with us.  THANK YOU!  Over the next few days we hope to give our some awards. :)

Going home... I think being in the hospital a few extra days will make it easier for Jacob.  He is moving around quite well with very little pain medicine.  He can't lay flat yet, but that will come.  His chest is still VERY tender but he even managed to get a t-shirt on after his shower.  His nose is still very snotty and he's sneezing a lot.... it's painful, but he's a trooper.

We will go to PawPaw & NaNa's when we leave here.  It will be so good to have a home cooked meal and get to love on Jocie and sleep without any alarms!!!!

Thanks for your continued prayers.  Getting out of the hospital is a major victory, but it's only one part of surgery recovery.  Jacob can not lift more than 10 pounds for the next many weeks.  He will be out of school all of next week and then will ease back in.  It will take several more weeks to get caught up in school.  Even with all that said..........

YIPPPPPPPPPEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!  We are going home!!!!

Stay tuned.  I'm sure Tom will have more pics to upload soon!

Thanks again for your prayers!