[Magdalen] Janice update 11/30/2015

[Clarissa Canning]

prayers arising


On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 12:55 PM, Esther Williamson <momohl1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Still praying.
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> Esther
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> On 12/1/2015 3:09 AM, thedonboyd at austin.rr.com wrote:
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>> 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
>>
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