October 10, 2017
Dear friends and family. We have not forgotten about you. We are all back in Portland now -- Mary and Josh flew in last Friday and Paul drove in last Saturday. It has been so awesome to be home. Even Josh seems to be flourishing back at home. He seems to be much more of a normal person than a patient in a hospital.
As I guess we have now illustrated, we don't intend to continue to post every day on this blog. First, we're running out of exciting things to say now that we're home. And second, the changes in Josh are more subtle now and probably not worth mentioning on a daily basis.
We are still trying to decide what to do with Josh now that we are home. We are looking into both an in-patient community center on the east side of Portland as well as an out-patient rehab center that is much closer to our home in Beaverton. Both programs are run by the same rehab group. The decision really comes down to whether we think it is better for Josh to live with us or independently.
We visited the out-patient facility yesterday with Josh and they put him through a day's worth of tests to check his abilities and assess suitability for their program. Josh was exhausted after a day of therapy but did really well. We will go back to the facility on Thursday morning to discuss our options.
In the meantime, we are hanging out at home. Josh enjoys having free rein to wander around the house and do what he wants. Mary has been super busy trying to get everything sorted and organized now that we are back home. Paul is mostly busy with his job. Mary's mom has been with us this week and we really enjoy her support.
We will keep everyone posted as things develop.
Dear friends and family. We have not forgotten about you. We are all back in Portland now -- Mary and Josh flew in last Friday and Paul drove in last Saturday. It has been so awesome to be home. Even Josh seems to be flourishing back at home. He seems to be much more of a normal person than a patient in a hospital.
As I guess we have now illustrated, we don't intend to continue to post every day on this blog. First, we're running out of exciting things to say now that we're home. And second, the changes in Josh are more subtle now and probably not worth mentioning on a daily basis.
We are still trying to decide what to do with Josh now that we are home. We are looking into both an in-patient community center on the east side of Portland as well as an out-patient rehab center that is much closer to our home in Beaverton. Both programs are run by the same rehab group. The decision really comes down to whether we think it is better for Josh to live with us or independently.
We visited the out-patient facility yesterday with Josh and they put him through a day's worth of tests to check his abilities and assess suitability for their program. Josh was exhausted after a day of therapy but did really well. We will go back to the facility on Thursday morning to discuss our options.
In the meantime, we are hanging out at home. Josh enjoys having free rein to wander around the house and do what he wants. Mary has been super busy trying to get everything sorted and organized now that we are back home. Paul is mostly busy with his job. Mary's mom has been with us this week and we really enjoy her support.
We will keep everyone posted as things develop.
This has been quite the journey... I am happy you are all home. I pray for continued progression...
ReplyDeleteI keep checking for an update... I hope all is welll..
ReplyDeleteI would still love to read an update every few weeks!
ReplyDeleteMe too! I hope they see this and let us know periodically how things are going....
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