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Friday, September 3, 2010

Guess Who Is Home...........

I am......hahahaha!! (sorry for the horrible pic...it is my quick attempt at a joke)



Okay....well maybe this little one joined me as well :)

Yes, Ella got to come home today, just in time for the Labor Day Weekend. This round was so different than the first two. Normally by this time into the round, Ella's counts would be sitting at zero. Well a couple of days ago, we noticed that everything was starting to go up and it had never gone down to zero. In fact the lowest her ANC went was 490. Whatever the reason, the doctor said that due to the fact that her platelets were making big jumps the last few days and that her ANC is up to 544, her bone marrow is definitely recovering. I have no idea if she will get back to 1000 faster than usual or if her complete recovery will still take the standard 3 weeks, but I do know that we are just that much closer to getting to the end. Her timing couldn't have been any better since the big sisters are home for 3 days and now we can all just be home together.

Here are a few pics from the last day or two at the hospital....just having fun.

When we take our walks around the 3rd floor hallways, these animals are painted on the wall outside the OICU and Ella loves to stop and talk to them and then she ALWAYS walks away waving good bye and blowing kisses.

Here she is making her "ROAR" face


And this one is her "GRRR" face


This hat was sent to us from my husband's cousin. A friend of hers made a few of them for us to give to some of the girls on our floor which Abbey and Emma handed out last night. They had fun doing it. These pics are our attempt at getting a cute picture of Ella in it. But as usual, she doesn't cooperate much when trying to get a picture of her in a hat.


33 comments:

Aimee said...

We're so very very glad that you got to go home! I'm sure it'll be nice to enjoy a plain ol' three-day weekend at home. Woohoo!!!

Ashley said...

So happy for you guys! Ella is sooo cute :) Enjoy being home

Kristen's mom said...

what darling pictures! I can't believe you are home. The quickest Kristen ever made it through a round was 3 weeks. Hooray for the long weekend with her sisters.

Kelly said...

Welcome home, Ella.....and mommy too=) So happy that you will all be together to enjoy the long holiday weekend!! I LOVE the "roar" and "grrr" faces....you are such a silly little girl!!

And what an adorable hat! And how sweet of Abbey & Emma to hand them out to others. They sure are 2 great big sisters!

Denise, you sure are a WONDERFUL mom, and you have 3 AMAZING girls to prove it!!

Rachel said...

Yeah!!! So glad you are home! Stay germ free this weekend, but have fun!

Heidi said...

Yay!!! So glad Ella is home!!! Hope you have a great weekend with all of your girls!

Cammie Heflin said...

I'm so glad you guys are home!!!

Sweet Pea's Mommy said...

Congratulations!!!! That is such wonderful news! I can't believe how well she is handling all of this! Way to go Ella!!!!!

I love the "roar" and "grrr" photos!!!!!

Enjoy being home with the entire family!!!!

Runningmama said...

Wow, I can't believe she is already home! I love the Grrr face! Enjoy your time at home!

Adrienne said...

So glad you all are home!! Enjoy this time with the whole family!!!

Kenzie Rice said...

YAY! :) SO glad sweet ella is home. those pictures slay me..what a ham :)

Mommy to those Special Ks said...

Glad you guys are home for awhile!! :) Hope Ella enjoys her time! LOVE the pics!!!

Heather said...

Love you and love you are all home.Savor it,cherish it and soak it all in for everything it's holds!The girl got home so quick ... no time for a visit.Next round though,we will be there for sure!

Julie said...

Cutest faces EVER!!

Welcome home!

Cindy said...

LOVE the 'grrrr' face!! So glad you're home!

Unknown said...

I found your blog through Kristin's blog. Ella is gorgeous. Reminds me so much of my sweet Laynee Grace who went to heaven on Labor Day last year. Thankful for you that you got to be home with you, where she belongs. So Beautiful
Karol

Kelli said...

Your girl is amazing!! I am SO HAPPY to hear that you are all home together as a family! What a perfect way to spend a few days! I had tears in my eyes at Ella with the animals...soooooo cute!

The VW's said...

WOOHOO! What fantastic news! So happy for you! And, seriously....is it possible for a girl to be so cute and so full of life and expressions??!! Ella is the CUTEST! HUGS!!!

Rochelle said...

You stinker! You totally got me on you being home until I scrolled a little bit further. YAHOO!
So glad you are all home for the long weekend together. Enjoy!!!

JC said...

Happy to hear you guys are home and Ella is doing so great! Cute pictures :)

ANewKindOfPerfect said...

How awesome that you are home already! And just in time for the other girls to be home 3 days - perfection! :) It is great to know that she is just *this much* closer to the end of treatments, isn't it. I hope you all have a great weekend.

I love the photos of the hat - she surely didn't want it on, did she!

ANewKindOfPerfect said...

Denise, I meant to tell you that I looked up how to say HOME in sign language. :)

http://www.lifeprint.com/asl101/pages-signs/h/home.htm

my family said...

what a great way to spend a long weekend. Darling hat for a little cutie

Anonymous said...

Yay! Miss Ella is home! What a perfect weekend for family! Congrats! Been praying hard for her and you too!

Melissa said...

I love the hat, and I love the lion faces, but even more I love that you are HOME!!! Yay Ella! :)

Tausha said...

So glad you are home!!!!! Love the crazy hat. :-)
We just found out that a 15 month old in our Weber/Morgan Chapter has Leukemia. Any suggestions on what I can do to help this family. I am the Pres of the Weber/Morgan chapter of the DS foundation and need to call the family but am nervous as what to say. Any thoughts?

Tina said...

What fantastic news!! I hope you are having a great weekend, well what else could it be with having Ella there, what a wonderful gift.

I adore those pictures, all those faces, she knows how to crack us all up! And that hat, gosh is she cute, o.k. we get it that she isn't very happy in it but I'm glad you managed to get a pic of her while she still had it it, she looks positively adorable, not too happy but adorable!!! I am so so happy to see her home, really thrilled. I hope this means that everything is going better than expected? What a little warrior, smiled all the way through...way to go sweet Ella. We all love you very much. Hugs hugs hugs

Kele said...

Love the 'ROAR' face, Love the 'Grrr' face, but mostly I would just love to kiss sweet Ella's face!
I am so pleased you guys are nearing the end and she has braved so well, goodness, I am not sure I have seen a photo yet where she really looks sick.
HUGS and more HUGS!
P.S. Denise, if we did live in the same town, we would most certainly run into each other when we were shopping for P and Ella, I think I have seen about a dozen outfits on Ella where P has the exact same one...LOL!

Monica Crumley said...

How awesome! She looks really great. Can't believe she's been lucky to have her hair stay. Duch a cutie pie.

Lori said...

Great news! I am so glad that you were able to get home in time for the long weekend.
Praying that the next couple of rounds go as quickly!

Oh - and I love the ROAR and Grrrrr faces =)

Cole said...

Happy Homecoming sweet family! We're thrilled for you that she is doing well! She is so cute! And fierce as a lion!

Anne and Whitney: Up, Down and All Around said...

oh my gosh - i am catching up on blogs and was SO HAPPY to see that you guys are home --- AWESOME!!!! :)

Unknown said...

Soooo glad you were home for the holiday weekend together! I LOVE the roar face and the lion face...she is priceless. I hope it was a weekend of perfection with you all together!