Coming HOME!!!!

YEAHH!! We are coming home!! We fly home tomorrow night, we are so excited! We have to leave to the hospital MD Anderson at 6am and we will be there all day for them to do Eric's IV fluids and treatment, give Eric a blood transfusion to help him for the flight home. We then will finish up around 5pm and will be leaving from there straight to the Airport.

Bitter sweet as we are so excited to go home and be with our kids and back in our home but also sad to leave all our wonderful friends we have made here in Texas , a little scared for the future. I want all the Baybrook Ward members to know how much we love and appreciate ALL of you! Your friendships, emails and words of encouragement, prayers on our behalf and fasting, bringing in the sacrament to Eric, rides to and from the hospital, help with air miles/ buddy passes to fly the kids down, love and support. We are in awe of your unconditional love and we are so grateful. Please know you and what you have done for us will NEVER be forgotten! What true examples of a "WARD FAMILY" and what the Lord wants us to do to our fellow men.

Matt and Jodie Clark and the Clark family WE LOVE YOU! You wrapped your arms around us from the start as if we are family and never looked back! We love you and appreciate ALL YOU DID FOR US! Your love, support and generosity was so amazing and we will never be able to thank you enough! You have become part of our hearts and we will always have you there and hope to continue our wonderful friendship! You said it best when you Jodie as a bone marrow transplant survivor yourself said that you know exactly what we are going through, how hard it is, how difficult the process can be and know what we need before we ourselves knew and for that we are grateful!

To Eric's mom Joleen who sacrificed the last 4 months of her life, putting her own life on hold and moving in our home with the kids and caring for them- THANK YOU! We love you so much and as you said "that is what family is suppose to do, this is what family does when you are fighting for your life!" You are right and we will be eternally grateful for all of your UNCONDITIONAL LOVE AND SUPPORT! You are amazing and we will always be so grateful! We tried to make this trial and journey to have the least impact and hardship on our kids Chelsea and Austin. It was so important for us to be able to leave them in the best care possible, to give them the most normalcy we could give them - with the hope that they would not be affected as much. It meant so much to know we could focus on what we needed to Eric's health and saving his life without having to worry about the kids and if they were being cared for and safe. You a true example of a mother's true love for their children, a mother who would do anything at all costs to help their child in a time of need. WE LOVE YOU!

As we all know the next 2-3 years will be a long process and we are not our of the woods yet! We have faith and know that with the Lord we will continue to get through this, we know of his love and we will finish this journey! The Lord has blessed us so much, given us so much to be thankful for and we recognize his hand in all things! We are so grateful for Eric's donor as well and can not wait to meet him and show our gratitude. We will be back to Texas soon, we have to fly down every three months for on going follow up care along with Huntsman and Eric's doctor's at home Utah Cancer Specialists daily appointments. We can not wait to be HOME!