WE ARE HOME!!!

Hey, everyone. We returned home on 12/16/06. We are so glad to be home. Devin's biopsy went great on the 12th. It came back a zero. Yeah!!! His body is not rejecting his heart. We were so happy to hear that because that was your ticket home. Matt drove down to take us home. We had accumulated so much stuff that flying was out of the question. We packed every thing up and got out of town. Of course we had to leave a man behind. Shawn Stockwell has been waiting for a heart since April and it still waiting. He was one of our many friends we had made at the Ronald McDonald House in Palo Alto. We ask everyone to say a prayer for him. They are eager in getting home to Alaska. You can read more on Devin's friends on the left of the page. Just click on their websites. Our trip home went great. No trouble with snow at Grant Pass and it was smooth sailing all the way home. Devin did catch a little cold on the way. I think it was the change of weather. Devin was excited to see his siblings M'Kenzi, Rylie, and Masen. He could not go to see sleep that night because he was so excited. The kids are all happy we are home. No more Ramen for Dinner. Hehehe! We have been cleaning and organizing the place. We had the best Christmas ever. Just being home made it so great. Yesterday we had Devin's first appointment with his transplant specialist at Doernbecher. She is great. Dr. Armsby does the Biopsies so we will not have to go to Seattle or Stanford for them, which is nice to save money. Now that we have reach Devin's life time maximum on transplant for our insurance it helps. She was trained on Biopsies from Dr. Perry at Stanford. Dr. Perry did all Devin's biopsies while we were at Stanford. He is awesome. Not only does he do a great job but he is fast. It is nice to know that Dr. Armsby is not completely new and that she has connections with doctors that we know and know us as well. We are sad that Dr. Law left Doernbecher but we send him our best wishes. We will have weekly appointments with Dr. Armsby for a little so she can get a baseline with him. Devin's next biopsy will be the 2nd week of January. He loves being home. He is enjoying the attention from his siblings, all the room to play, and playing with Dad. We will keep you guys updated as much as possible. By the way I just washed my cell phone in the washing machine. I know, I know. Just letting people know that it is not working and the best way to get a hold of us is by e-mail: mej81@comcast.net. I will let you guys know when the cell phone is up and running again. Melinda if you see this plaese call I lost your phone number. Thank you everyone for your support. Talk you guys soon.