Joel 21st cont.

Home Health made it today. They did the intake evaluation and even got the physical therapist here to do her intake. He seems to be in better spirits today. I know I am. It's the road to recovery. Physical therapy will be coming in to work with his legs, Occupational therapy will be coming to work with his arms. Then there is a nurse who will come to take care of his medical needs. He will be getting a bed with an air mattress that will alleviate his skin from any further soreness and breakdown. There is a small infection in the incision on the front. I assumed, which I should know better......... that if the little strips were in place, everything was fine. This is not the case. They are also going to do something about the pain, so he will feel like eating. We are getting a wheel chair so that I can get him out of this house. He wants out as much as I do. It will be nice for the two of us to go to the mailbox. It's amazing what you take for granted.

From all we learned today, I should have called them when we got home. He and I, just thought we could go it alone. Live and learn. I won't do it again. If he is ever hospitalized again for something major, we will come home with home health. Anyway, thank you all for your calls, visits, prayers.............. you don't know how much it has meant to us both. With the long road ahead, it's nice to know that around the bend, at least the light is at the tunnels end.