Well today we had a big accomplishment. They were able to put dad in a chair. It really helps to build his strength and it just feels good to get in a new position. Another big change today was we found out that they want to move him to a long term facility. However, this is not really a step in the right direction. The doctors and surgeons feel that there is nothing else the ICU can do for him. His lungs are still severely damaged and they have no idea when or even if they will heal. This facility will specialize on trying to get him off the vent if possible and doing some physical therapy. He has reached a point where he has stopped making improvements so they feel this facility may be able to help him more. We are going to stay optimistic and continue to pray that this will be positive. It will still be a long and hard recovery but I have so much faith that he will get better.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
April 4, 2009
Well today we had a big accomplishment. They were able to put dad in a chair. It really helps to build his strength and it just feels good to get in a new position. Another big change today was we found out that they want to move him to a long term facility. However, this is not really a step in the right direction. The doctors and surgeons feel that there is nothing else the ICU can do for him. His lungs are still severely damaged and they have no idea when or even if they will heal. This facility will specialize on trying to get him off the vent if possible and doing some physical therapy. He has reached a point where he has stopped making improvements so they feel this facility may be able to help him more. We are going to stay optimistic and continue to pray that this will be positive. It will still be a long and hard recovery but I have so much faith that he will get better.
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O.K. setting up in a chair looking good one step closer to the Mountains for a motor cycle ride. Will see ya soon. I think i may have figured out how to do this, Andi Thank.
ReplyDeleteHe looks good sitting there. Sounds to me like he's making progress. It's got to feel good to get out of that bed for a while. Thanks for the update.
ReplyDeleteKeith