"Happy New Years Eve"

December 31. 2009
0730 Hours

Good morning all, and Happy New Year’s Eve

The last couple of days have been relatively uneventful. Dar Continues to rest and heal from all of her recent ordeals.

Therapy continues and Dar has been enjoying some pudding and yogurt every day. Yesterday she really enjoyed the strawberry yogurt.

There was talk of discharging Dar today. I learned this on Tuesday. It seems that it was the opinion and thought that Dar was admitted to Rehab to continue and stabilize from the phenomena. I quickly reminded the “powers that be” that Dar was admitted back to Rehab not only for that but also more importantly to have her pump recalibrated. After our recent scare, I was not going to have her discharged prematurely. I also called my insurance case manager and gave her this new information. Camellia jumped on her horse and did what she has done so well for Dar and I. Yesterday Camellia and I spoke and I got word that more days had been requested to continue Dar’s stay.

Since Dar’s admit to Rehab her pump has only been turned up once. She was at 140mics, now she is at 150. You can now see how premature it would have been to discharge Dar today. We still have a ways to go.

I had a short conversation with Dr Park yesterday and he told me that Dr Filbrandt would be back today. I hope we will now be able to begin to put a definitive plan together regarding Dar’s titration.

Last night Jamie, (Dar’s nurse) called with exciting news. She was calling to tell me that Dar was laughing about something and was just having a great time. This is exciting in that we have not heard from Dar since the 10th of December. I told Jamie that if she put Dar’s speaking valve on she would really get a treat. Jamie did and was given a special treat.

Well, got to get ready to head to the Rehab, will hopefully post and update this post later today. Check back, and we hope you have a great New Years Eve