Change of Plans.....Maybe.....Maybe Not

Today we received word that everything was ready for mom to go to Mark Reed hospital in McCleary.  We are very pleased with this hospital.  It is very small and we feel that mom will get a lot of personal attention. One of her Doctors offices is connected to the hospital and she said she would visit her everyday.  She also has a good friend that works there.  The nurse to patient ratio is much less than other facilities. They also have a private room that is ready for her now.  Our only concern is that she will not have the intensive therapy there that she would in a rehab facility. But they do not feel she is ready for 3 hours of rehab yet. We waited all day today for the insurance to give the ok. She had to be ready to move today by 1pm in order to get to McCleary in time before the Doctor left for the day. We didn't receive word from the insurance until 4:30 pm giving approval.  So now we move tomorrow.  HOWEVER........

Unexpectedly we got word from a rehab facility in Pullyap (not sure on the spelling....can't pronounce it either) Good Samaritan Hospital that after reviewing her files they feel she is ready for Rehab. YAY!! We were so surprised. The only problem is that it is so far away from home. So we decided to wait until tomorrow to make the decision of where to move her in hopes that St Peters Rehab unit in Olympia (Same town as Gina) will also decide to take her.  We really want her to get into a rehab center and get more intensive therapy sooner.  So pray with us that they will want her and take her if it is the best thing for her.

Today mom seemed to be a little bit better.  The speech therapist was pleased and said she showed much more improvement.  She swallowed a bit better. She had 6 spoons of applesauce, but choked on the ice chips. She understood Yes and No a bit better. If she was asked questions about her self like "Are you a Girl?" or "is your birthday in October?" She knew the answers 100% but if asked questions not about herself like "Do apples grow on trees?" she would get those type of questions about 50% right.   She had trouble identifing letters.  The therapist said she feels like she understands everything said to her but her brain has trouble telling her body how to respond.  It is called Apraxia. The therapist said she would like to see her make more noise from her mouth.  I told her we heard her quite a bit, especially when we brought the baby in to see her. She seemed surprised and I said let me show you. So we put Maddie up to her and mom started "Talking" and making all kinds of noise. It was so AWESOME! The therapist was THRILLED.

She was trying to figure out where we were sending her.  Dad drew to pictures one of a small rectangle box labeled Mark Reed hospital and another with tall buildings and labeled it St Peters.  When I came into the room dad told her to tell me where she was going.  She kept pointing to Mark Reed and then would point to St Peters. So she understood she was going to Mark Reed first and then to St Peters.   About that time the social worker came in and told us of the news that the rehab center would take her. My got really flustered while we were trying to decided what to do.  So we asked her what do you want to do.  She shook her head like I dont know. I said point to the paper.  She seemed really frustrated.  I said lets wait until tomorrow and take tonight to think on it.She took the paper from me and with her one hand folded it up. It was funny to all of us.

Another tender mercy for me tonight was when we decided to have family prayer and pray that we would make the right decision best for mom. As soon as we started mom closed her eyes for the prayer and opened them as soon as we were done.  Another witness to me that she KNOWS and UNDERSTANDS what is going on.

Each day is little improvements.  She is looking so much better, her rash is gone, her swelling and puffiness is about gone.  She is more awake and her countenance is getting better.  She listened on the phone tonight while her granddaughter Sadie talked to her. She seemed to really enjoy that.

Thank you again for all your prayers.  We read her your comments and she seems to enjoy them.