We're Home...

Yes, that is Ken standing in our doorway. He was released from the hospital this afternoon. We are so happy to be home. We will be visiting the cancer center in Aurora at least Mon, Wed and Fridays, an occasional Tuesday and some Thursdays, for the next 5-6 months. So we will be driving to Denver a bunch, but we both feel like the expertise of the doctors there will be worth it. And it will be great to be home in our house at night.

This is Ken in the courtyard at the Univ of Colorado Hospital. It was a beautiful day and the doctor said to get outside. We are great at following doctors orders, so we enjoyed a break in the sun.

This is Ken outside with all his equipment. You can see both his chest tubes coming up over the back of the chair and into the boxes in the wheel chair. To get around, we would put the boxes in the chair and Ken would push the chair. Then I would push the IV pole with all his meds that were attached by lines to his arm. It took both of us to get him around, but it was worth it to sit outside for a little while. Ken was great at getting up and around whenever he could. We walked the halls of the hospital frequently. On Easter, we went down to the chapel for a service at 8:00 am and then after walked clear over to the cancer pavillion. The lobby was empty except for the receptionist, so Ken sat down at the grand piano and played his favorite classical songs for me. I love listening to him play. It was another nice change of pace and minute of normalcy.