Its hard to believe that we've all been back home for over a week now. We are starting to roll into a more regular routine. Eli has returned to school but only for about an hour and a half a day. We wanted to ease him into it as he really hasn't been very socialized for the past year but also to better monitor his stamina. Yesterday after Dana picked him up the stopped at the grocery store and he commented he was "so tired" so he's got a ways to go.
He's happy to be home and to be able to play with his own toys and sleep in his own room again. Dana is even more grateful to have him sleeping in his own room after sharing with him for nearly a year. He and K are getting on fairly well and getting back to some typical sibling interactions ;-)
As we all settle into being home together again things are starting to look a little more normal. The fridge *might* have more vegetables in it than the last year, the dishwasher is running everyday, there was only one pizza boxes in the recycling this week. We're figuring out how to get through bed times and mornings with all of us home again.
There is still a real tiredness about it all as well as decent underlying anxiety that goes with this journey still being far from over. He'll go back in for his second maintenance treatment in a few weeks, which is an out-patient procedure but is still a trip back south. These trips will happen 3 out of 4 months for some time.
As we settle into home life again there are defiantly some adjustments and challenges but we look forward to moving ahead. We are most grateful for the generosity shown our family in so many ways over the past year, and particularly in this time as we try to take time to recover and reconnect as I shared in my previous post.
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| Fresh off the plane! |
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| Even the cat is happy to have Eli home |
