Finally Home

HUTTON IS HOME!!!!! After 19 days in the hospital (5 of them in the PICU) she is HOME!

This was the longest and most challenging hospital stay thus far.  We started this journey on February 13 with her hemipelvectomy surgery to remove not only her cancer in her pelvis but 1/3 of her pelvis as well.  The surgery was a success and went as planned.  The recovery was a different story….the epidural that was placed while she was under for surgery did not work and managing her pain was a struggle. This led to her oxygen levels tanking thus her coding, being intubated, and transferred to the PICU where she was for 5 days. Since there is no PICU at Santa Monica UCLA (the hospital where her surgery was and where her recovery was supposed to be), she was transferred to Ronald Regan UCLA in Westwood (our normal hospital). This was ended up being such a blessing because Ronald Regan is our HOME.  We know all the nurses and doctors, and more importantly they KNOW Hutton. They know her quirks, they know her likes and dislikes, they know her besties names, they know her pets names, they know the games she plays on her iPad, they know the shows she likes, they know her! This made her recovery so much smoother. She still has a LONG way to go, but she is home and we are just so so glad she can be home until she starts chemo next week. 

Thank you to every one who has reached out and continues to help and support Hutton in her fight against cancer. And to everyone who has “silently” supported we thank you too. Please continue to pray for Hutton, that she can recover quickly and with minimal pain, and that her body, mind, heart, and spirit will stay strong as she begins fighting 2 battles at once, starting her chemo treatments again and her physical therapy to be able to stand and walk on her own again.