Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Home Again! Home Again!

Carly set a new personal record for release time from the hospital, getting discharged from the PICU this afternoon. After all that she has been through she is a little tired but the improvement from the release of pressure in her head has been immediate. We are really lucky that we live as close to the hospital as we do because we were told that this, plus the fact that Christa and I understand how to closely monitor Carly, are the reasons why she was allowed to go home so quickly. As we walked home from the hospital we realized that it was exactly one year ago to the day that we were discharged from the hospital and made the same family walk home with our two day old daughter. It felt just as good as it did then.

Love, Brad

9 comments:

Anonymous said...

its so good to hear you are finally home. Carly is a fighter. Just like her wonderful parents :) I will be thinking about the three of you and I know Carly can do nothing but improve. I love you all.

Kate

Anonymous said...

amazing -- the Nelson/Nunes family are fighters...smart, resilient fighters! love reading your good news. thinking of you always and praying for more of this type of progress.
love to your little girl and her model parents!,
sheila, keith, & dylan

karen said...

I'm so happy you guys are home again. Carly is lucky girl to have such amazing people on her side. I can't wait to see her improvements after this surgery..I know it will be leaps and bounds.
Big hugs
Karen

Anonymous said...

No baby could have better advocates... strong, smart, wise, resilient, savvy, and no parents could have a baby so courageous, strong, determined, and a fighter. You go girl!
The three of you are role models for the rest of us and we learn from you every day. Welcome home, again. We love you.

Anonymous said...

Happy Birthday! Welcome home! Congrats on all your milestones!
Love love and more love is always heading your way.
MWAH! (To each of you!)
Love,
Mindy, Drew, Layla and Chloe

Catherine said...

That is just wonderful! Congrats on the one year. -Catherine

Chick said...

Christa and Brad
Bob and I are here with Clare (Tyler's old babysitter) and we are sending our blessings and prayers to all of you. May you continue with the courage that we know you need. We will be thinking of you through the weeks to come, knowing that all of our hearts are heavy with grief and sorrow for your struggle. Believe. So connected are we to you.
Much love, Chick and Bob
and Clare (free babysitting)
xoxoxoxxoxoxoxo

Lani said...

wow, what a year this has been. so happy to hear you are home. keep the updates coming. xoxoxo

Anonymous said...

I'm praying for a record setting year resulting in a healthy Carly!!! I'm so proud of the three of you. Tutu said it all, above. We love you and will always be here for you.