Homecoming Pix

Ambulance at the house! OMG...she's RIGHT there...

She burst into a silent laugh as soon as the wheels of the gurney hit the driveway...

Settled into her room, hours later, with her beloved next to her. This is about 4 hours after she got home. It took us that long to get everything all right and hooked up and cleaned up and changed over, etc. Six people flailing (ok, I was the only one flailing), overcoming equipment issues, supply finding, first medications, breathing treatment, etc...just to get her to this point...

Kitty Kitty on his girl. Kind of says it all right there...

Sara getting a breathing treatment while Kenai gets to give her a hug. The dogs have been great. They look in and want to go see her, but they wait for us (for the most part) to tell them its ok.

During the day they pop up in her window to say "Hi".

Happy brother. His world seems right with his sister home. Her world seems right being near her brother, too.

Even with sibling rivalry (and sometimes outright war) I guess a lot of parents might not see just how much their children love each other, until something like this happens.

I'm just grateful that Sara and Mike got past the rivalry stage and started hanging out and talking on long drives before all this happened. It helped make them both stronger to get through this.

The nurses haven't shown up in two days. I've been taking the brunt of the care as we get coverage worked out. It is exhausting at this point. But I remember this from actually having the baby...no sleep for new parents...feedings every two hours...diapers...responding to cries or sounds. The biggest difference is its feedings and medication every 2 hours and listening for the muffled cough in a traech tube...

well, that and the baby is about 200 pounds heavier... :P