Slow, but progress!!

Each day Dad is getting a little better. On paper, his blood work shows that the engrafting has taken place and all of his counts are really good. Good enough that they would let him leave the hospital but they are having a hard time getting his stomach to work properly. He has to be eating food before they will let him leave. He was doing better and after the news of Grandma passing, the doctors said that if he could get off the IV medication and keep some food down they would let him come home for a few days. So they took him off the IV meds and gave him nausea medicine and pain medicine in pill for yesterday morning and by after noon he was throwing up and couldn't keep any medicine down so they had to put him back on the IV meds. So with heavy hearts mom and dad decided it was too risky to try to come back home. It is a blessing for Grandma that she is with Grandpa and Kelly now but it will just be hard for dad not to be able to be there and say his goodbyes. We are hoping in the following week, slowly his stomach will start working properly and he will at least be able to leave the hospital. It was kinda a let down when we found out he wouldn't be able to come home but we only want what is best for dad. I hope that the news of Grandma doesn't set him back, but he has such a strong will I know he will continue to get better and will be home soon. Grandma will be missed dearly but what a great reunion she is at. I am sure she is looking down on all of us and getting caught up on all that we have accomplished in the last years when she couldn't remember any of us. What a blessing to have the knowledge of the gospel and the plan of salvation. We all know that she is happy, with Grandpa and Kelly, and that we will see her again. My thoughts and prayers are with all of our family as we mourn the lose of a great mom, grandma, and great-grandma. I am sure Grandpa and Grandma are together and looking down on all of us family and smiling about the amazing family that they have created.