Dad is doing well and was transferred to a rehab facility yesterday, although it wasn't without a fight. Mom has been waging war over the phone with their insurance company that denied Dad's request for rehabilitation. I am just as concerned about Mom getting worn down and having health problems as I am about Dad getting better.
As much progress as Dad has made in 5 days, he is still not able to take care of himself, yet they were ready to send him home yesterday. Thankfully, Mom found an advocate at the rehab facility where he ended up who helped plead their case to the powers that be. They basically had to threaten a possible lawsuit if Dad wasn't given the care he needed to get back to his functional self because of the safety issues he deals with at work. I pray that he can get back to work quickly and have a job waiting for him because it is almost all he talks about. He's gotta get out of that hospital because he has too much work to do, and they really need him because no one else knows how to run the job. Those are the types of things he has said every day I have seen him. He's probably right. As long as it motivates him to get better quickly.
The Doctors and Mom are impressed with his progress, but Mom is still worried because they haven't found out what cause the stroke. Understandably, Mom wants to have as many questions answered so they can prevent Dad from having another stroke. I just pray that Dad won't find himself in the McDonalds drive-thru anymore and take this getting healthier thing seriously. We are so blessed that he is okay and that the stroke didn't effect his memory. The part of his brain that was effected controls his reflexes like swallowing & bladder control and organizational skills. Things look good for an almost full, if not full, recovery.
Thank you to all who have been praying for Dad and Mom during this time. As a family, we have seen many little miracles and amazing improvement in Dad's situation and circumstances. He has wonderful care-givers and Doctors, and many kuddos to Mom's long hours at his side. She has spent every day at the hospital with Dad, but needs to get back to work. Now that Dad is 45 minutes away from home Mom is going to have many long, tiring days traveling from home to work to the rehab facility and back home late at night. We count our blessings that Dad is still here, is healing and had the desire to get well.
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So glad Dad's home! We've felt really bad being far away and not being able to help, but we're grateful all of you are close by to lend support and love to both Dad & Mom. We've been worried about both of them, so it's a relief to hear that Dad is on the mend.
Give everyone a big hug from us! :)
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