It has been several days since I have posted mostly because there is usually not a lot to post. Steve is steadily making progress, the case report day was wonderful. He has a standing tolerance of 7 minutes and is able to walk 30 feet with a walker. This is wonderful. Within the next few days, he will be practicing stairs. Our MCM came in today to complete an intake and she waived her magic wand and his hospital stay was increased, he is now looking at a discahrge date of August 19th. An functional home evaluation will be completed next week, with Steve!!!, so that we can figure out what he needs to be home. They are counting on me to return to work, so he needs to be independent. Once the team submits their report, our MCM will make it happen (I have got to get the wand that she has!).
Back to work will be a little more interesting. Because of his injuries, even though he is progress, he can't be on his feet (standing or sitting) for more than an hour at a time, they are estimated six months out of work, but anything can change, since he is progressing daily. I can't help but wishing I had been subscribing to that very annoying Duck on TV ("AFFFFFFLACK")! I am now assuming that the more annoying the commerical, the more necessary the product!
His hemoglobin is low again, not sure why, but some more tests will be run to make sure he is not bleeding internally. They are thinking he might have a stress ulcer (gee, I wonder why?!). this makes us nervous, however we seem to be the only ones... sometimes you just have to let go and let the professionals tell you when to be worried.
He is doing well at GC, the staff is wonderful and I believe that he is progressing because of the support, the prayers and the amazing staff. So, with that note, keep praying,keeping supporting and please now that if you have have been doing any of these things, we may not have personally thanked you, but THANK YOU.
God Bless
Kendra
3 comments:
30 Feet? That is AWESOME! We are so glad to have had the girls tonight.... we had fun and look forward to next week... keep taking care of each other and know you are in our prayers every night! Emmy patted her legs when we prayed for "Mr. Steve's owies" tonight! :)
You're right, he is progressing extremely well. And Aug 19th will be here before you know it - just 1 day at a time and poof! He's home.
If you all have a laptop, I've got some ideas Steve could be doing during his re-coop period. A busy mind keeps the bedbugs away (huh?).
Wonderful news on Steve's progress, and thanks, Kendra, for keeping us all up to date on his progress.
Glad to haear Steve is doing so well. Just don't let him over do it. The pics of the kids with him are great!
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