Journal entry by Julie Van Dyke —
A lot has happened since the last update. Jon was moved to a skilled nursing facility last week. They are focusing heavily on rehab at the new place. He has three hours of therapy each day. They do an hour each of physical, occupational, and speech therapy. Yesterday they had him walk up and down a set of stairs three times. He was tired afterwards but was happy he made it! He even sent us picture of the staircase.
The surgeons have formally signed him off as healed from the surgery. They confirmed the fistula has healed itself and he does not need follow up surgery. They also gave the okay to start transitioning him to solid foods. He has been on a liquid diet for the past couple of weeks and still has supplemental IV nutrition. They will wean him off the IV nutrition as they increase his solid food intake.
He is getting close to being able to come home!!!
The surgeons have formally signed him off as healed from the surgery. They confirmed the fistula has healed itself and he does not need follow up surgery. They also gave the okay to start transitioning him to solid foods. He has been on a liquid diet for the past couple of weeks and still has supplemental IV nutrition. They will wean him off the IV nutrition as they increase his solid food intake.
He is getting close to being able to come home!!!
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