Today really felt like a day of transition. I had to do some more serious shopping for a Home Health Agency. I found out yesterday from our Transition Coordinator that St. Luke's Home Health is not in network our insurance. As so she gave me the list and I selected another agency. I gave them a call and went through the interview and shared Doug's needs. Thirty minutes later she called to tell me that our insurance is out of network. And so I tried another agency. This time I think we have a winner. I visited with Progressive and they will accept our insurance and so I met with Amy our transition coordinator this afternoon about our new choice. I am hoping that everything will be set-up for Monday. Thankfully, Doug was not discharged today!
I observed Doug's physical therapy again today. He was able to push his manual wheelchair from his room to the therapy room. This is really a significant distance. I was so impressed. He is doing such a great job of using both hands to push. His therapist worked with him on pulling himself up into a stand with the parallel bars. He was able to do this mostly independently. He was able to stand for a few minutes holding onto the bars, the he would start to droop and the therapist would verbally cue him and he could pull himself up to a straight position. She also showed us some parallel bars that we can make using pipes. I feel good about this because I think it is so important that Doug get into a standing position and gets the opportunities to walk. He needs to try walking to walk I think.
Tomorrow, I will observe his occupational therapy again. He is making such great progress with turning from side to side and is beginning to swing his legs over the side of the bed with support. He can almost put his shirt on by himself. He feels like his progress is slow and everything takes time, but he is doing so much more than last month. I feel so hopeful about the future.
And so we pray:
God of Hope and Promise, watching Doug these past two days in all his therapies has been so hopeful and promising. It delights my heart to see significant increases in his skills. He grows in strengh and skills everyday. It is hard to be in the hospital this long for both us. Be with us for the next few days. Stregthen our resolve to make the most of these therapies. Paint joy across our hearts in the excitement in looking forward to being finally home. In your name we ask it. Amen
No comments:
Post a Comment