Discharge!

Dad is scheduled to be discharged on Tuesday. He has an early morning appointment and when he leaves for that, he will be discharged from Crossroads. I will meet him at the appointment and when the appointment is over, we will head to the apartment and he will be able to stay there. We are all very excited for this next phase of his recovery - especially Dad! We have personal caregivers lined up to come in the morning and at night to help with dressing, bathing and then bedtime assistance. They also can help with some housework, laundry and meal prep, which will be wonderful. Dad will receive OT, PT and some wound care at the apartment. We have yet to find out how many days per week this will happen. Since the personal caregivers only can provide what is considered non-medical assistance, they are not allowed to assist with wound bandage changes. Dad believes he will be able to do it some, mom will try to assist and if needed we may need to bring in a private nurse to assist with this as well for any days we can't also assist. It will be a transition that will also take some getting used to for everyone. Dad has a very positive outlook on acceptance of the amputation and working to be independent. 

We are in the home stretch on clearing out the house. We are moving items that Mike and I plan to take to our places the week of Sep 19 and then Agrace is taking items for donation and our last stage is a man that does estate clean out. Then we can finish with the painting and cleaning. We are on track for listing the house on the first week of October. This has been a long and emotional project for everyone. Deciding what to part with can be hard and often filled with nostalgia and sometimes regret. Mom and Dad still have some boxes to evaluate that they were not able to make decisions about but hopefully that can be done now that Dad will be living at the apartment. Dad will be settling in but I am sure they would welcome visitors. Transportation will still be a challenge with Dad's wheelchair needing to be lifted into the car and Dad needing assistance in and out of a vehicle. Thankfully we are able to take him to appointments and there are wheelchair van options when needed. The road is not over but we are a big step closer.


Karen