| These update come from the family by the carepage web site
8/26/2011
Dad is officially at Bryn Mawr as of lunchtime today. The guys from Minquas Ambulance, who did the transfer (along with Colleen), took good care of him and I'm sure the little bit of fresh air and sunshine was nice. He's going to be going through some evaluations today and tomorrow but he should start the hard work on Monday, Tuesday at the latest.
I plan on continuing to update here but if that changes, I'll make sure there's a post that goes out with the new information
8/25/2011
Just a quick one but Dad will be heading to Bryn Mawr Rehab tomorrow. I don't have any details just yet but all of the paperwork has been approved and he'll be on the move. We will be sitting down with people from there today and getting an idea of what's in store.
8/23/2011
Sorry for the length in between updates. Neurologically speaking not a lot has changed. Dad has been doing a little bit more movement wise but it's still not conscious movement. He still doesn't respond to commands and doesn't track when his eyes are open but his muscle responses are stronger and more deliberate. He was never one for much sleep so he must've finally hit his limit as one of his new tricks is that he's started yawning on occasion.
They decided that his hip was healing well enough on it's own and it wasn't worth doing any surgery. Where the break actually was, there wasn't a lot they could do and whether it's now or years down the road he's really looking at a hip replacement. They've done a repositioning on both wrists to correct some alignment issues as they heal but it was determined that surgery also wasn't necessary there.
He does have a cast on his right foot/ankle but that's to help fix some muscular issues due to him not using his legs. His achilles has tightened up which is causing his foot to point more than it should but it's not a big deal.
He's been eating well and all of his organ functions appear to be normal. Most of the superficial wounds have healed or are very close to healed. His color is looking much better than it had been and he really looks good without the tubes sticking out of his face. He could use a trim up and maybe once the cervical collar comes off probably next week we can get him back to looking like his old self even more.
There's some talk of him going either to another step down at Christiana or possibly to rehab very soon. There's not much more that they can physically fix at the hospital and he doesn't require the constant monitoring anymore. There is an inpatient neuro therapist visiting him a few times a week and once he gets to rehab they'll do a lot more work on trying to increase brain function.
Hopefully I'll have more before the end of the week. |
