Red letter day!
At 4:15pm the Care Flight Ambulance (at a savings of $7,000.00 they told me) picked Marion up at Renown Hospital and transported him to Tahoe-Pacific-Meadows, which is located within Renown South Facility, about 6 miles from out home. It was ambulance instead of helicopter because he was more stable, hooray! It just gets better and better!
This morning he was already sitting in a chair by 8:45 when I arrived, and the Speech Therapist came in and put the special valve on, and his first question was "did he get to go home?" His next comment was that he had "plans for what to do at home". He had the "trach collar" on all of the day at least until he got to the new location and he was worn out, and was put back on the vent to conserve a little energy to be able to get evaluated and get to work tomorrow. At T-P there will be Physical, Occupational, Speech, Respiratory, and who knows what other kinds of people working with him to get him back up to par. I stayed until after 7:45pm when I had met both of his night nurses (RN and CNA, plus the RT person) before I came home to call it a night. We were both worn out with the excitement of the big day, and I for one am looking forward to the evaluations tomorrow and the next day to see what they have to say about the prognosis for his recovery. Once again we are so grateful for your continuing support and prayers. Much love to you, Sue
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