We didn't really give them a choice this time. Terry had his blood draw at 10:30am Friday morning and we picked up his schedule. Noticing the Tuesday surgery, we knew that he would need platelets infusion before then, so I went to the charge nurse and told her we were going home, right now, and wouldn't be back until our appointment at 1:00pm Monday, so if they needed to infuse platelets before surgery it would have to be after that 1:00 appointment, no earlier than 3:00. She called us on our way home and told us that Terry's platelets were 29 (I think), and that his infusion was scheduled for 3:00pm Monday.
I loved being with the family - every minute was awesome! I wanted to soak it all in and save it up for the week.
The grandchildren were so fun to watch - they played together nicely. We wish all 8 of them could have been here. Oh, have we told you - we're having another baby? It's a boy! Auger will have a brother, which means that Akleigh will have two brothers. ;)
It was fun to see Elsie walking all over, and she did this cute little thing with the baskets - holding them on her arm. LOVE IT!
Elsie got to pick a pumpkin, and took the one she could carry around on her own. At first she wanted to eat it like an apple, but soon realized that wasn't what it was for. She carried it around for awhile and it made me smile.
Auger and Akleigh got theirs earlier, here, from the garden, but it was too rainy, wet and cold for this pumpkin picking, so Anthony plucked them from the garden and brought them in the house for her to choose.
We enjoyed our church meetings and having the family over for dinner before heading out Monday morning. We'll have to do this again sometime! ;)
Now it's back to Seattle for another week of appointments. We have something every day through Friday this week, so we will try to keep you informed.
