Saturday, July 14, 2012

Home Finally

We made it home Friday evening about 6:45pm. It was so nice to be back in our own beds last night. Sierra did amazing on the drive, only complained about being uncomfortable a few times, and it wasn't her leg that was bothering, it was, as she put it "her boney bum". She has very little extra meat on her bones, so halfway through the trip we had to add a little more cushion to her seat, and she felt much better from then on. She is handling her pain better and better every day, she is so amazing. She is getting around the house with her walker when she needs to use the restroom or change rooms, but she mostly hangs out with her leg up at this point. We need lots of time for the vascular work that was done to heal, so she isn't allowed to be up for long before she has to sit back down and raise her leg. She is doing most of her moving around on her own and just has one of us support her leg for her until she gets standing or when she is working on sitting down. She has high spirits and is feeling so good right now while she is off of her chemo treatment, she wont get too long of a break, only a few weeks and we will be back for more, but we are enjoying having her feel so well. She is eating really well too, she has no feeding tube right now, so that is a good thing. She is constantly asking for things all day long, and what she wants, she gets:)

 It is going to take me a while to post pics from our time in Portland, don't want to over do it, so i will just work on posting pics each day and keep it to the best ones. Today will be some pics from our ocean trip.


These pics don't want to cooperate for me to label each of them, but I think you get the idea. They are all from our trip to the ocean. We went to Seaside, and we all had a blast. The last pic is of the kids on the Tilt-a-whirl with Dave. They love going around super fast.

2 comments:

  1. Dear Dave and Mindy -
    Although I have never seen you in person, I feel as though you are family. Your dear Sierra is daily in my prayers. I rejoice with you as you are able now to go home. Be assured that we (Women of the Word) will not stop praying for you in the months ahead. Your courage and faith are daily reminders to me that these momentary afflictions will one day seem so very small when we at last meet our Savior FACE to FACE! Fondly, Jeri Albertini

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  2. Congrats on being home! I live in your area and saw Sierra's story on the news. I am so glad she is doing well. Your Oregon pictures are great; looks like everyone had fun!!

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