Headed Home!

October 26th 2012

Thankfully we did not have to leave for home right after the benefit. I was able to recuperate three days at Uncle George’s house. There is no way I could have flown after our road trip to Dallas. I actually slept two days straight. I had so much I needed to catch up on sleepwise! I am having to eat very very slowly as to avoid having to much reflux and thankfully I have not had to be aspirated since the day we arrived to Dallas.

The day before our flight a cold front blew in and dropped the tempatures by 25 degrees! It was quite chilly the day we left. My parents had me bundled up like an eskimo! We had to hire our own private van to take us to the airport with all our luggage! I am going home now with my stroller and my wheelchair and a huge box that carries my the second base of my wheelchair! We are loaded down! Once arriving to the airport the flight was delayed by 45 minutes. I was doing okay until about an hour into the trip and when mom had to start feeding me. Mom put me on O2. I was doing okay though. When we landed the pilot stated that he had some news for us. He said we were not in San Jose but Liberia. Liberia is another small airport outside of San Jose. He said the weather was bad in San Jose and that we had landed here to wait it out and fill up with some gas. My parents were concerned because Diego our good friend and Guierllmo our mechanic who had our car had come to pick us up in two cars. We quickly called and at least Guierllmo was able to leave our car at the airport for us. Two hours later after sitting on the tarmac, me on my last battery of oxygen and a woman four rows behind us coughing up a lung the pilot finally came on to say we were leaving for San Jose. We landed at 11:30pm, four hours later than we were suppose to arrive. Arturo another friend and a taxi driver came to airport to help us with all our luggage and then we proceeded to go to Turrucares to where we were staying the night. It was 1am by the time I got my jammies on and into bed.

The following day I slept practically the entire day and my parents did not do much of anything either. We were all exhausted. On Sunday we went to CIMA and drew my blood and on Monday we headed to Delicias. What a long trip. I am so very happy to be going home. It was fun to see my family and friends in Texas but it was exhausting and this trip was the hardest one for me yet. Not sure what was making me so uncomfortable while in Texas, maybe I have allergies. All I know is that I am so so happy we are almost home.
Love Malia

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