Colleen[25]: Home again, home again!!!

She's home!!! Still on TPN; it's an open question whether she'll be off it in time to enjoy a bit of Christmas dinner, though things seem hopeful; the radiologist seemed to think it was looking good on Friday. But she's home, in her own comfy chair, and I don't have to worry about taking her back in four hours.

I went over to fetch her at about 9:30; she got out at about 10:45 after we went over her meds and signed the last of her paperwork. Most of that time was spent ferrying stuff out to my car; my little Honda Civic was pretty well packed.

The house feels right again, and I'm a contented Bear.

Colleen[26]: !!!!*CURED*!!!!

Colleen just got a call from her GI specialist a few minutes ago -- he's looked at the fistulagram from Friday, and she's CURED! The first thing she asked for, unsurprisingly, was a cup of tea.

There will, of course, be a considerable round of follow-up appointments and pickups -- Apria has to pick up their pump, she has to get the ostomy bag off and the PICC line out, ...

But she's home, she's healthy, and she can EAT. And, because we don't have to keep her housebound to satisfy the home nursing bureaucracy, she can run her own errands! And there's room in the fridge because we won't have to store a week's worth of swill TPN supplies.

Happy, happy Bear. Happy, happy Cat.

And by the way... I'd just like to say how grateful I am -- we both are -- for all of you out there, your support and your good wishes. I don't think either of us could have gotten through the last month without your help. Thank you!