Jared's Road To Recovery! : Day 17 & 18 Post Transplant : Home From the Hospital!!

Yesterday was Jared's 17th day post-transplant and our 14th day of being in the hospital. Jared woke up and was not in any pain and was feeling pretty good. I was angry like every morning after sleeping in my "chair/bed" (at the start of our hospital visit I thought it was a cool invention, but by around day 7 I was not a fan!) The day before the doctors had mentioned that Jared could maybe go home sometime during the weekend and we were very excited! So, yesterday when the PA came in a told us that if Jared felt ready we could go home today we were SO SO excited! It took most of the day for them to discharge us, but around 5pm we were leaving the hospital! This was exciting, but no easy task.... Over the course of two weeks I somehow acquired lots and lots of stuff that we then had to lug all the way down to the car! The drive home felt unreal, it was so exciting to be out of the hospital!

Jared is doing great still today! We had an appointment early this morning and his counts were still good! Today, Jared started IV fluids at home again to stay hydrated, this time its an even bigger bag and runs for 6 hours so he is not completely thrilled about it, but it helps him feel good and not have to drink as much! Jared is trying to eat still and drink protein juices and smoothies, but it is still a battle! Jared gets a break with no appointments tomorrow and one on Monday where we will meet with his normal transplant team and hear the plan from here on out! Jared is thrilled to be home and feeling better!