Day +28: D Day!

Could there have been any other title to this post?  Momentous day all around.  Unsurprisingly, the whole process of leaving the hospital took quite a while but Ralph and I greatly appreciated the care and diligence of the CoH staff (especially the incomparable Nurse Barb--who, I posited, they put on all discharges because she is the best) in making sure that we felt somewhat secure in what we were doing because there is  . . . a lot.  More on that later.

One surprise to the day:  this quilt!  It was a discharge gift courtesy of a group of lawyers from a firm down here--Irell & Manella.  They're group is called Friendship Quilters and apparently they've been making quilts for CoH patients for the last ten years.  The generosity of strangers; people are amazing.

And while we might like to pretend that it was the machinations of the hospital that delayed our departure, we should probably also mention that we needed the time to pack up all of the stuff . . . . 

So, we've said "goodbye" to the masks (well, the visitors anyway; patient still has to wear one when she goes out) and to the incredible staff at City of Hope and "hello" to the Mariot Residence Inn and to pill boxes.

The next phase has begun!

(Update:  patient has insisted that I include an Una pic.  "People love those," she says.  Who am I to disagree?)  Selfie taken by Eoin this AM as he took one for the team and bridged the time between when Ainate left for work and when the nanny arrived--normally my job, thank you Eoin.  Taken prior to Una peeing on him.