Katherine's ALL Blog: Day 25- early Christmas

Sure enough they released me from the hospital three days early. Day 25. Some amazing angels swooped into our house, with less than 24 hours notice, and made it all clean for my return home. It was all sparkly and smelled so good. They even put up some signs about some new house rules. I bet Mom made them do it, you know how she is about house rules. These ones are for me though, so, I guess it's ok. No shoes, no shirt, no service. No wait, that's not it.
No shoes,
Wash hands, and
no visiting if you're not feeling well.
Pretty simple.
Now I'm back home, but still in the induction part of my therapy. I still take medicine twice a day. I also have four mouth washes a day, because with my immune system so poor, even my mouth bacteria can make me sick.
My legs have really given out on me. I can't even stand up anymore. I'm super wobbly. That just means that I can't really get myself into trouble because I can't move anywhere. But I do want to be carried around a lot.
Now that I'm home I get to spend time with John and Diana. Yesterday it sure was fun seeing them again! Today, however they're not home. They took "me" (well, a balloon that has my picture on it, that my friend made for me) to the Wisconsin Buddy Walk to raise awareness about Down Syndrome. I think they even talked to folks about how kids with Down Syndrome are more likely to get leukemia and how to notice the symptoms and catch it early. They probably also talked about the good news, which is that kids like me also respond better to treatment for leukemia.
After this weekend and even though I'm home now, I still have a lot of treatment and medicines on the road ahead of me. On Tuesday, I have three minor operations. One of them is another bone marrow draw, that will hopefully reveal that all the cancer is gone from my bones. I sure hope it is...and, dare I say, I can feel it in my bones, well, CAN'T feel it... You know what I mean.
Please say an extra prayer for me and my surgeons on Tuesday.
I am so glad to be home and so blessed to be in your prayers. Thank you!!

Thanks to everyone who has donated to the Keep Klean for Katherine box. Wow!! John and Diana have a nightly chore of wiping down all the door knobs and telephone receivers with all the Clorox wipes you gave.

Diana is a great reader!

I love it when John practices his NEW French horn!

Mom's other Sign ideas:
A) Feeling well?
B) Felling sick?
If the answer is B, run away quick!

My family at the Buddy Walk 2013!!

Another sign:
Take off your shoes, slip on our slippers, if you're not feeling well, put on some flippers (and go jump in the lake, you're not wanted 'round these parts, til you're feeling better.)

Another sign idea:
Take off your shoes, please wash your hands, if you're not feeling well, please make other plans...
And finally:
Katherine is home and doing quite well;
but any bad germs could mean a trip to the hospital for a spell.
So we appreciate your thoughts, prayers and good will;
But please come back later if you're feeling ill!