Happy New Year!

It was an uneventful New Years at the Casey Household, but it seems we have started to cherish the quiet times.
To us it means alot - no hospitals, no surgeries, no nurses, no doctors, and the list could go on. But all in all it means a lot.
We have started the new year out well. Liam and Daddy got to spend some time together while Aine & Mommy stayed home (Aine slept, so I got some stuff done). Aine came home with me on Friday which meant that Liam got to come home with Daddy on Saturday!! What a joyous day - The family ALL together again!
Aine is doing well after her little bout of fluid retention. They think that she may have had a bit of a virus on top of the retention which put her over the edge. Since Aine is such a good girl :) She got to come home with only one additional med (the lovely lasix), oxygen, and a stat monitor. The first night was a little rough because she didn't want to sleep so everything upset her making the monitor drive us crazy. Now that we're partly back into the swing of things she is doing well. I'm hoping that we can possibly ween her oxygen a little bit more on Monday when her home nurse is here.
Liam was spoiled as usual and happy but sad to come home. He slept really hard last night and is back at it for his nap.

I can't say that we had a quiet 2011 because as you know it was rather eventful. Here's hoping that 2012 will be medically better than 2011 for not only us but everyone. (extra prayers to Kari's mom) We are very blessed to have everyone in our lives & know that everyday can only be brighter than the day before.

For me - there are no new years resolutions - just cherishing everyday to the fullest & taking the punches as they are delivered.