Tuesday
Sorry its been a week but I have good news. We had a meeting with some of Dad's therapists and they are very pleased with his progress. He is walking with little to no assistance. His short term memory is coming back. He grabbed a phone book one day and managed to find his name and began to dial his number to have Mom come and pick him up. They said physically he is doing awesome. Cognitively hes doing well but it will be a much longer process. He still gets very angry and agitated but that is to be expected. He has a lot of fatigue which may be a life long issue. They are planning on sending him home on July 15th as long as he has 24 hour supervision but will not be able to do anything that could risk injury to himself which will be hard considering how active he was prior to the fall. He is able to swallow better and they are hoping to be able to remove the tracheostomy next week as long as his secretions continue to lessen and become thinner.
Once he is home Mom is going to let me know about a schedule for visitors. The doctors and therapists have told us to keep the visits brief (about 15min) and to a minimum amount of people a day. That is due to the brain healing and keeping his distractions to a minimum as well as his fatigue. He will continue to receive outpatient therapy which the staff has compared the impact on him being like us working a 16 hour day. I will try to update as things change but for now they are slow but heading in the right direction.
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