Wednesday, 5/22/13 at
6:00 am (Day 20)
During the night they moved Samuel to SIMU (Intermediate
ICU). He is now in bed 25. They told me that they really didn’t want to
move him to SIMU because it is loud and not really the best place for him, but
last night they got three new STICU patients in and they needed to move three
out of STICU to make room for them. I
am hoping they will move him to Jones Pavilion – 6th Floor, which is
the trauma floor. They still haven’t
removed his central line, but I’m sure it will be removed soon because it has
to be removed or replaced every seven days and today is day 7.
I put a call into the social worker yesterday, but I haven’t
had a chance to talk to her yet. I have
some questions about what options we have when it is time for Samuel to leave
the hospital. I know we are a long way from
that point, but I want to have somewhat of a plan. Yesterday they told me that Samuel will not
be allowed to go straight home. He will
need to go to rehab or some sort of skilled nursing facility when that time
comes. Samuel has a sound mind and no
brain trauma (Praise God), so he is not eligible to go to TIRR, which is where
most of the patients here go. This is
all unfamiliar ground for us, so we are not even aware of what is available in
Brenham or the surrounding area. I’m
sure the social worker will have some answers for us. I really wish we could avoid this, but it
sounds like he is just too weak. They
said that once he is able to move around, he will start intense physical
therapy here at the hospital. A week
ago, he was very critical and not doing well at all, so today I am so very
thankful that we are even discussing plans for when he is able to leave the
hospital. Thank you Jesus for the
progress we are seeing. God is good!
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