Day +10

As I'm writing this we are already back home. My apologies to everyone for being slow with the updates.

I arrived at the hospital before Dr. Burt's rounds. Nico sat in his chair and had a big smile on his face. My counts are up and I'm going home,  he told me right away.

Shortly thereafter Dr. Burt with Amy Morgan and Dr. Han came in and confirmed that Nico could leave as soon as his PICC line was removed. 

We said goodbys. I got another hug from Dr.Burt and also Amy and I managed to get a handshake from Dr. Han. Dr. Han is very shy, I never heard him say a word. 

Nico told Dr. Burt that he is giving him a new nickname, unless he does not like it, he will call him the Miracle Man. Dr. Burt's answer: why would I not like it, I'm feeling humbled!

I suggested to Nico to get some lunch before we leave. He took a shower while we waited and I started packing his stuff. 

Around 11:30 am Coleen, the nurse came to remove his PICC line. The hardest part was to get Nico to shut up for a moment to count to three. I post a video, but if you are squeamish don't watch it.

Pretty long, hooch

It was not a big deal and did not hurt at all. The news of his discharge spread and everybody came by to say goodby.

Jessica and Aladid

Ashley, the PT girl

Coleen

We are not sure on her name, but I think it is Sabrina

Nico drove his scooter to the hotel and I pulled his little suitcase behind me. He was sooo excited to be out of the hospital. 

Free again, yeah!

He talked nonstop and I feared my head would explode. Thankfully he fell asleep for a while on the couch in our room.

I walked one last time to the Cafeteria in the Feinberg building to buy us some dinner. We had soup from Au Bon Pain. 

We did not get much sleep that night, Nico was way to excited about going home. We were not sure if we were able to fly out of Chicago, because there was some trouble at both airports. 

Someone had set a fire to the navigation system facility and most flights were canceled or delayed. But according to Southwest's flight status checker our flight on Saturday was still on.