Journal entry by Grace Miner-Lauer —
Hello!
It’s been awhile since we’ve shared an update! Apologies, but life has been so busy and we have been so tired. Many good things have progressed for Faith! She’s gotten her stomach feeding tube out in, she’s started to eat foods, she’s been doing great PT walking and moving around, and she’s just barely got any cords left attached! The past two weeks we’ve been trying to plan for her to go to a transitional care facility for a bit to help with PT, but ion the process of planning, getting insurance auth, etc, she ended up making so much progress they said- let’s skip transitional care and just send you home! Woohoo! She is scheduled to get discharged tomorrow evening. We are all very excited about her progress, and so happy she’ll get to be home so soon. I’m sure the cats and Rubi will be OVER THE MOON to see her.
As part of the process for preparing, Spence and I (Grace) have gotten lessons on meds, feeding tube usage and care, and other FAQs for transplant patients. It’s a lot of information but we are hoping it will all flow smoothly enough as we get used to it!
She will have her first clinic appointments the very next day as she continues to get monitored during this transition! We appreciate everyone checking in and the well wishes, and we are so happy to see her doing so well! 💜