Kaelyn was discharged from the hospital yesterday afternoon. All of her liver function test are repeatedly coming back favorable. She still has the issue of the hepatic artery's blood flow not penetrating into the liver, but so far so good.
She was just so excited to get back home! So much happiness from that little girl was emitted! She wanted to walk all night long and laugh with Jacob. She also just loved being back with Grandma again! It was really fun to she her enjoying herself so much! There is no place like home!
There is one bit of news that is not so uplifting. Kaelyn most likely will need more chemo. We kindof all figured it would happen anyway. The head of surgery, Dr. Reyes, is the national expert on transplanting livers to patients with hepatoblastoma. He suggested, very firmly, that Kaelyn have one more course of chemo. Which makes sense. We would much rather go through 6 more weeks of chemo than another encounter with cancer. So, I think that in a couple of weeks she will be going back in for more chemotherapy. This does not mean that they can find any remaining cancer cells, it is only precautionary. We will find out more about the cancer after they test her AFP levels and perform a CT Scan. But from what the pathologist could tell, there is no cancer remaining.
Kaelyn is healing amazingly well. She is very happy and does not seem uncomfortable. I am hoping to put a few very cute Halloween pictures up of the kids very soon.
Love to all...
Angie
