Chief is a Happy, Happy Dog

He has his boy back! Yes, it's true, I am writing this post from home tonight. Mason is sacked out in his own crib and I'm looking forward to sleeping in my own bed for the first time in 35 days.

While happy for us, you may be wondering how this happened. Simply put, we said enough. We've watched Mason's labs stay mostly stable over the last several days and we have seen his oxygen be high, but fairly stable over the last 3-4 days. The doctors weren't really going to do anything different, just continue to monitor and adjust his oxygen as needed. Well, we realized we can do that at home. We can take his blood pressure, we can listen to his lungs, we can take his temperature, we can take him in to have blood drawn for labs, we can weigh him and his diapers if needed. We know how and are ready to do all of that, so what's the point of staying in? We figured and the doctors agreed, there's no real point, so let's go home already! So, we did.

We do have plans to return to the hospital on Dec. 10th to do our 2nd pulse dose of steroids. We plan to stay for about 6 days, 3 days for the steroids and 3 days to get back in balance. Until then, we are hoping for stability and a little sanity in the chaos of lab draws, weight checks, and other events.

Thanks for all the love, support, food, and prayers throughout this ordeal. We appreciate every one!