Home is where the Heart is

You hear the expression alot, "Home is where the Heart is". But for my family it has become so true.

UC Davis was great to us and im glad we decided to go there. Im just so happy we are finally out of there and back to what were familiar with. Our home. Our town. Our friends. That expression has a whole new meaning for us. Its not just our house. Its South Lake Tahoe...and everyone in it. Its our work...and co workers. And its our bed...and dogs we've missedso much.

It felt weird driving away from Sacramento. A place we had to call home for 2 weeks. A place were good news and bad news came from every angle. And a place where we were treated like family while we were there. Unfortunatly we will be back way to soon. Every week for the next 9 months. But its for a good reason...to help McKenzie stay on the path to 0%. 0% of Leukemia and 100% of being a kid again.

Theres no greater feeling than driving over Echo Summit and seeing the Lake open up. Seeing the airport in the distance. And trading green grass for white snow. Locals are probably the only ones that get that tingle in your heart when you see it. Wether you've been gone for 1 day or 2 weeks.....theres nothing quite like it.

Its a little scary being this far away from the hospital. Theres so many things that could go wrong and so many things we have to be careful of. If she gets a fever, we have to rush to the hospital. If she gets a cold, its to the hospital we go. If one of US gets sick, we have to keep our distance from her. And we've had to put a bottle of hand sanitizer in every room of the house.

But atleast were here. Home. In Kenzies comfort zone. Not being woken up by doctors and nurses every half hour. Close to all the people we love. And close to where our heart is.

Kenzies Lab Results:
As of Friday...
Red Blood cells - 10.4
White Blood Cells - 1.0
Platlets - 40
Leukemia Cells - 3%

She had Chemo on Thursday and another Spinal Tap on friday. We wont get Lab results back until next Friday... So hopefully because she had Chemo again, we will get to the 0%.
Thank you for all the continued support and prayers.

Until next time. We love you all.