Home Again

Michael was released from the hospital ICU at 4 pm. We are now home and will be able to resume our regular schedule in a couple of days.

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Tuesday Update -Independence Day! (final day as an inpatient)

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Had OT and PT back-to-back this morning. Good practice in getting M ready for the rigors of outpatient therapy. He was super tired, but did great. He got his Independence Day shirt today and got his photo taken and put on the wall with all of the others before him who got well enough to go home. But what was super exciting is the PT had him sign a photo release. I almost told her he could not sign, but instead just let him go for it. He started writing his name and had a nearly perfectly formed M (in the same style he had prior to the stroke) and you could recognize a C and an N. Won't be long until he will have that back to, I have a feeling!  yay! In OT, with the adorable Whitney, he bounced a soft basketball off a net and caught it again. Over and over, sitting then standing! His reaction time was really great. Then he did his favorite hand over hand windmill exercise. We still have equilibrium issues and need to learn to straighten up while sitting and standing and not lean...
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More ...ologists

Today we saw Neurology and Gastrointerology. Neuro referred M to another Kaiser location to look closely at the vertebral artery that was manually enlarged during the Thrombectomy to see if a stent needs to be put in to maintain constant blood flow. We will wait for that referral to go through. Gastro is scheduling a barium swallow test to see what us up with the choking on liquid problem. Where is the liquid ending up? This doctor was so kind and you could see his heart really went out to Michael. So many issues to tackle! Some are beginning to improve on their own, and that is a very positive sign. While waiting for one of the appointments we did some standing practice. And WOW! It was some super standing for sure! M stood there untouched and stayed balanced for over a minute, two times. I haven't seen that yet! I was so excited. His posture was great and he looked so steady. We will try that again tomorrow for sure! Progress!!!
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First Full Day Home

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Michael slept well last night at home in our bed. I know, because I spent most of the night listening to him breathe and waiting for him to need to go to the bathroom. 🙂 I'm sure sleeping will become easier as we get our routine down and I better know what to expect. It felt familiar to the times I brought my babies home from the hospital...you are on constant watch and your ears never stop listening. Earlier this morning I was having a tough moment thinking of the enormity of this situation. But I have to say that we've done a lot for our first morning home. We successfully ate breakfast and took our 5 morning meds, (we have 4 in the evening) used our bathtub chair for the first time for a lovely shower, and we loaded M in the car and ventured for a walk on one of our favorite paths in Four Seasons.   We got a call from our Coumadin Pharmacist. They will be responsible for monitoring his blood work and prescribing dosages for this blood thinner. They asked if we ...
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