My mom was discharged from City of Hope on February 25th, 2014 after 26 days since the transplant. Many people stay longer but the team of doctors decided she is a rockstar and ready to go home. She still has pneumonia in both lungs, liquid around the lungs, swollen feet (the tissues retain too much water), pain in the abdomen and several other issues, but her white blood cell counts are up and she has been able to eat oatmeal instead of just live off of TPN so she is going home and will coming back 2-3 times a week for out-patient visits. I initially felt quite apprehensive about her release since she seemed so evidently sick, but she has more comforts at home and has already been able to hold down more solid foods like chao!We had our first outpatient visit back at City of Hope yesterday. She had some blood work and saw the Nurse Practitioner since her oncologist was out of town. WBC up to 7, Red Blood cells at 11 (wooo!), and Platelets down a little to 86. When platelets are down, she bleeds really easily. Platelets are part of the blood that help the blood clot and thus helps with healing wounds. The other numbers look great! Most of the white blood cells are neutrophils, which is great news!In the near future, we still need to try to get rid of the stubborn pneumonia, get the stent taken out, blast out the kidney stones (probably caused from chemo) and figure out treatments for her swollen feet so she doesn't trip so easily when she walks. A long road ahead, but the road is looking a little more paved at this point.