Discharge looming
Hi Friends,
Today was another good day...I got to the hospital to find mom already in speech therapy this morning, so I sat in on the tail end of that...she did great! Then she had OT and then lunch. Loyce got there right after we got back to her room after her morning therapies and we all had lunch together. :) Mom thoroughly enjoyed her visit, and so did I! She of course was chatting up a storm, and we had to make her stop talking long enough to eat! Loyce walked us down to the therapy room after lunch, and then left from there to drive back to Iowa...mom was very sad to see her go, but she did get distracted some by therapy enough to be okay. Had some more therapies in the afternoon, and then headed back up to the room. I thought for sure she'd want to take an afternoon nap, but no way...Suzi and her daughter Jenna came by for a visit and brought mom a gingerbread house kit...we're going to have so much fun working on that!! She also very much enjoyed seeing them, and we had a good ol' time in the atrium chatting. After they left, we hung out some more and then Pam came by right before they brought her dinner...she ate pretty well, which was good. When we left, she was pretty tired I think so got in bed to watch TV for the evening...Pam and I went to a movie.
Found out today after mom's care meeting that they plan to probably discharge her on Friday...much sooner than I'd hoped but I'm not surprised. I guess she's doing so well in OT and PT that they don't have many goals for her to meet before they say she meets discharge criteria, which is good in terms of her recovery but not so good in terms of getting to stay longer and continue the intensive therapies. But we'll get as much out of the rest of the week as we can...I'm trying not to freak out because I knew this would be the next step, I just didn't know when, and now I feel like I've been able to plan farther ahead in terms of where she'll probably go next so it doesn't feel so last minute. We talked about it together and I told mom the current plan, and she's not at all excited...all she wants to do is come home, that is clear. She keeps asking me when she can, and I don't know...it is breaking my heart more than ever. I'm getting overwhelmed again with the next wave of things to do and worry about...there's always something else...it's a never-ending cycle.
Didn't get to see Aunt Linda and Uncle Tom before they left today, unfortunately, but I got to spend a good amount of time with them over the weekend so that's good. Haven't heard otherwise, so hoping their flight left without a hitch and they got home safely. No other visits planned for anytime soon from anyone that I know of...they all came at once in a big wave, which was nice but now it will be lonely for awhile, I think.
Okay, don't feel like writing anymore for tonight, so will sign off. Thanks all for your wonderful comments...as always I feel your love and support and they help me immensely to get from one day to the next. Keep 'em coming. Peace.
Today was another good day...I got to the hospital to find mom already in speech therapy this morning, so I sat in on the tail end of that...she did great! Then she had OT and then lunch. Loyce got there right after we got back to her room after her morning therapies and we all had lunch together. :) Mom thoroughly enjoyed her visit, and so did I! She of course was chatting up a storm, and we had to make her stop talking long enough to eat! Loyce walked us down to the therapy room after lunch, and then left from there to drive back to Iowa...mom was very sad to see her go, but she did get distracted some by therapy enough to be okay. Had some more therapies in the afternoon, and then headed back up to the room. I thought for sure she'd want to take an afternoon nap, but no way...Suzi and her daughter Jenna came by for a visit and brought mom a gingerbread house kit...we're going to have so much fun working on that!! She also very much enjoyed seeing them, and we had a good ol' time in the atrium chatting. After they left, we hung out some more and then Pam came by right before they brought her dinner...she ate pretty well, which was good. When we left, she was pretty tired I think so got in bed to watch TV for the evening...Pam and I went to a movie.
Found out today after mom's care meeting that they plan to probably discharge her on Friday...much sooner than I'd hoped but I'm not surprised. I guess she's doing so well in OT and PT that they don't have many goals for her to meet before they say she meets discharge criteria, which is good in terms of her recovery but not so good in terms of getting to stay longer and continue the intensive therapies. But we'll get as much out of the rest of the week as we can...I'm trying not to freak out because I knew this would be the next step, I just didn't know when, and now I feel like I've been able to plan farther ahead in terms of where she'll probably go next so it doesn't feel so last minute. We talked about it together and I told mom the current plan, and she's not at all excited...all she wants to do is come home, that is clear. She keeps asking me when she can, and I don't know...it is breaking my heart more than ever. I'm getting overwhelmed again with the next wave of things to do and worry about...there's always something else...it's a never-ending cycle.
Didn't get to see Aunt Linda and Uncle Tom before they left today, unfortunately, but I got to spend a good amount of time with them over the weekend so that's good. Haven't heard otherwise, so hoping their flight left without a hitch and they got home safely. No other visits planned for anytime soon from anyone that I know of...they all came at once in a big wave, which was nice but now it will be lonely for awhile, I think.
Okay, don't feel like writing anymore for tonight, so will sign off. Thanks all for your wonderful comments...as always I feel your love and support and they help me immensely to get from one day to the next. Keep 'em coming. Peace.
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just remember......we are all here for you, and we love being here for you! lets hope for many more good things to come.....and be happy to see the bad things slow down.
xoxox!
stef