[Magdalen] Janice update 11/30/2015

[Ginga Wilder]

Don, thank you for these updates on Janice.  I follow them closely.  I am
glad Janice has progressed enough to be in a medical rehab unit.  I hope
she will progress steadily.  I pray for her and for you, especially as you
weep for Janice, and for yourself, I hope.  Tears are within us for just
such a purpose.

Sending love,
Ginga

On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:09 AM, <thedonboyd at austin.rr.com> wrote:

> Janice was transferred to a Long Term Acute Care hospital today.  She went
> from the general hospital ICU to the LTAC's ICU, but I reckon will move
> thence to a regular bed within a few days.
>
> I believe that I should feel elation but I am in fact weeping as I type
> this--she has come so far, but has yet so far to go!  And I don't know the
> people who will be taking care of her at the new place.
>
> This is not the LTAC we had earlier thought she would go to, which requires
> daily participation in 3 hours of rehabilitation therapies, and Janice just
> isn't ready for that physically.  The facility she moved to today is more
> medically oriented and will introduce rehab therapy more gradually (she has
> already had a few PT sessions where she's been, getting her to sit up on
> the
> side of the bed [4 minutes max so far]).
>
> Janice is breathing entirely on her own (this is I believe what drove the
> decision to move her), and she's certainly getting stronger by the day.
> She
> still can't speak or swallow, and it's been a month since her feet touched
> the
> floor.  She still has a tube to introduce oxygen into her trachea should
> she
> need it (she hasn't needed it in the last 48 -72 hours), and a gastrostomy
> tube
> for nourishment.
>
> Will report further progress as I observe it.   Thanks to all for thoughts
> and
> prayers.       Don
>