There's no place like home

Jared's recovery has shifted from the confines of a hospital room to the confines of home sweet home. Jared isn't going to bust out of here anytime soon. Jared and Kristin returned home yesterday. Jared has a pick line in his arm so that antibiotics can be administered to Jared at home. Last night, a nurse came to our house and trained Kristin how to inject saline and antibiotics into Jared via the pick line. Kristin has to administer the medicine three times a day. The doctor told Jared he could return to school after spring break. Fortunately, spring break starts on Monday. Jared is still dealing with a fair amount of pain, but he improves each day. We are now dealing with the details of recovery. We are in the middle of a saga surrounding his crutches. At 6'8", Jared is a "tweener". The initial set of crutches were too short, though they were perfect for me. The second set of crutches were too big, probably for patients 6'10" and above. Out of frustration, an administrator from Cooks called the Dallas Mavericks and asked, "where do you find crutches for your players". A supplier was identified and new crutches are on order. Hopefully, we'll be able to pick up the crutches on Monday. Jared appreciates everyone's love and concern. He especially appreciates the many prayers in his behalf. Lost in all of Jared's drama is Kristin. She has been by Jared's side through the entire ordeal and has been on an emotional roller coaster as she watched Jared fluctuate between having good days and bad days. Kristin is exhausted and the first thing she said to me when she got home was, "I'm overwhelmed". Kristin is a rock and I can't think of a better care giver for Jared than Kristin. She too is coming out of the fog and things are starting to resemble normalcy in our household. What would we do without Kristin! Thanks everyone for your thoughts, prayers and love.