Rebounding

Dad was much better today. He was still talking about getting on the plane soon but for the most part he was pretty coherent. It was so nice to actually talk to my father again because I didn’t think he would ever reappear. Every day I don’t know what to expect when I arrive at the rehab center. I go in expecting the worst and love it when Dad is happy and coherent. He seems to be getting stronger from the physical therapy and he enjoys the activity. The downside is that he’s getting stronger and wants to get out of bed and walk again which he still can’t do. His doctor said we would never get strong enough to walk again. It’s so hard to watch him sitting there knowing that he’ll never be able to go home again because he won’t be strong enough.

We started contacting facilities to see if we can get Dad into a Skilled Nursing Facility and Mom into Assisted Living. We thought he was going to get into the Quadrangle facility by now but there are no openings. When he took a turn for the worse on Tuesday and Wednesday we thought he wouldn’t make it out of this facility so we stopped looking. Now he’s bouncing back and he may live for a while so we need to get Mom and Dad settled so we can get back to our families. It’s a long holiday weekend so we have to wait until Tuesday to call the facilities.

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Dad is back!