Addi’s Journey:  Home Sweet Home!

After 6 long days in the hospital our girl is finally home and eating! Tonight she even ate CABBAGE!  She has always been a great eater but since she got sick, she has been a lot pickier about the foods she eats.  I have been told that the chemo completely changes the way food tastes and that must be true because some of the things she always loved to eat, she now won’t touch.  It feels so good to be home with her and to just sit on the couch cuddling or watching those crazy shows she loves so much. I just tucked her into her bed and heard those sweet goodnight prayers.  Her entire attitude changes as soon as she leaves the hospital and she becomes her happy self again. Don’t get me wrong, the nurses and doctor are amazing to her at Scottish Rite and we love each of them but you know the saying…..there is no place like home so being home always makes you feel better.  

The next couple of weeks are going to be very busy with many doctors appointments, more scans (MRI and full body scan) and meetings to prepare for transplant….admission to start transplant is on the 31st. It always makes me nervous when she has to be sedated and she will be sedated twice next week for her scans.  I am believing God for a miracle when I get that call from her oncologist to get scan results and he is going to tell me she is CANCER FREE!  To hear those words would be amazing.  God is working miracles in her life everyday and we are just waiting and BELIEVING!  God has been so faithful.  Sometimes God performs miracles right away, sometimes He performs miracles over time and sometimes He uses the knowledge that He gave man through medical means to perform those miracles.  Whichever way God sees fit to heal Addi, we will thank and praise Him!  Until that miracle comes we will praise Him through this storm and will fight the fight with Addi as she kicks cancers butt!  

I hope that we will have some time to do some fun stuff while we are home before the next phase of her treatment.  It is so hard to believe that the first phase of treatment is over.  The 19th of this month marks 5 months since her diagnosis and time has flown by.  As I stated the next phase is stem cell transplants that begins this month.  She will actually have two transplants so she will be in the hospital 4-8 weeks, go home for 4 weeks and then back into the hospital for the second transplant for another 4-8 weeks.  Whew!  The next few months are going to be long and hard but just like the first 5 months, they will fly by and we will be one step closer to the end of her treatment plan and one step closer to the words cancer free and remission!  Please continue to pray for Addi as she continues to have the nausea/vomiting from the chemo. Yes, we are giving her meds around the clock for the nausea/vomiting but no, it doesn’t always work.  They said it could last several weeks so we are close to the end.  Thank you for following Addi’s journey and helping her and her family through this time with your prayers and encouragement.  We appreciate each and every prayer being said for Addi! #addisjourney

Addi with her Memaw ready to leave the hospital and go home!

Addi and Alexis at home! Addi’s favorite person!!