July 12, 2003
Anthony is home from the hospital!  From the time he woke until we left the hospital, he must have told me about 5 times that he was going home today.He was very happy to be home.  He rode his bike, helped grill some shrimp and cook ravioli's for himself, and played at Carol Ann's house.  Besides a little nausea, he is feeling fine.  He ate well at dinner, but started to feel a little sick afterwards. I forgot to mention in the last entry how brave Anthony was during his bone scan and MRI.  The nurses thought he would need to be sedated because of our last experience in the MRI, so they gave him a sedative when the escort services called and said they would be 15 minutes.  By the time the escort came over an hour later, he was starting to wake-up.  Maria thought this might be a problem, but he was amazingly cooperative and calm for both scans, which take about an hour each to perform.  Both of these scans required him to lie completely still throughout, which he did.  During the MRI, he kept saying..."is it done yet?...is it done yet?", but didn't move.