[Magdalen] Janice update 11/30/2015

[Esther Williamson]

Still praying.

Esther

On 12/1/2015 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