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OT: Deb's Grand Day Out!

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OBIO

Retired SOH Admin
First a disclaimer: ADMIN/MODS, if you feel this should properly be included in the "Set Back In Deb's Recovery" thread, please place it there. I started a new thread because the Set Back is long long gone and she is doing great.

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Now, about Deb's Grand Day Out.

Today, the family got together for an early Thanksgiving Feast, as one of our own has returned from Iraq, if only for a short while. He will be shipping out to return to Iraq on the 11th, so Thanksgiving came early. And Deb got to be there. My father in law and I picked her up from the Rehab Center at Noon and did not take her back until 6 PM. Six wonderful hours out of a medical facility, surrounded by family and friends, good food (which she enjoyed greatly and in a surprising abundance!). Deb got into and out of the car surprisingly well, ate VERY WELL, played some games, took a "walk" along the nature trail and was nearly dumped in a mud puddle when my sis-in-law Dee and her hubby Jeff nearly lost control of Deb's wheel chair and it almost tipped over.

The family is blessed to have a good number of women in the nursing field: Deb, her sister Dee, Dee's mother-in-law Kay and sister-in-law Jenny....so we had three qualified and working nurses there to assist Deb if any need arose...although none did. Dee and I had Deb up out of the wheel chair and using her walking...she walked about 45 feet with just a little assistance from us for balance...she did wonderfully.

Tons of pictures were taken, Deb was dressed up and made up and having so much fun. She really needed today....a day away from hospital beds, and therapy, and pale drab walls...a day full of laughter, smiles, hugs, kisses and so too much good food.

Once we got her back to the Rehab Facility, I helped her get cleaned up and ready for bed, got her into bed, tucked in, and gave the head nurse on night shift a break down of how Deb's day went and on how well she handled the various elements of it...all of which will be passed on to the various therapy teams. As we were leaving, I looked back and Deb still had a great big smile on her lovely face....a smile that I had not seen her have since before the surgery.

OBIO
 
Great to hear mate.Won,t be long and she will be home for keeps.:applause:
 
Sounds like good therapy for all of you !
Keep the great news comin !
All the best to you both !
OTTO
 
Great news Obio, and you get to do it all over again in a couple of weeks during traditional thanksgiving.Glad she's doing so well.

Blondi:cost1:
 
OBIO, thank you for sharing this with us. Our prayers are with your whole family and especially with Deb and the family member who was with you from Iraq. I wish all of you a belated early Happy Thanksgiving.
 
Yesterday, Deb had an appointment with the eye doctor...and her right eye tested fine....vision is good! Eye lids on that eye still aren't closing fully, but have gotten better.

This evening, Deb was in great spirits. Her mom and I went over and sat with her during supper, and I helped her out of her wheel chair and into a normal dining chair. After dinner, got her back to her room and into the bathroom to do her dental care and use the potty. Then into bed. We were all laughing and having a good time. Deb was sitting up in bed at an angle, and with all the laughing she was doing, she had a glob of saliva go down the wrong tube. She could not breathe! So, I grabbed her by the right arm and should and yanked her upright in bed. Then she could breathe...but she asked me...."Did you have to rip my arm out of socket?" I tell you...the woman is insane LOL!

OBIO
 
Today, I got a call from the Rehab Facility....Speech Therapy (also works with swallowing ability) has changed Deb's diet from the mechanical soft to a normal diet...no more ground meats, no more soft foods only. Tonight Deb had a Ham and Cheese sandwich and a bowl of chicken noodle soup. She is still on the thickened liquids due to her facial paralysis....but this is another step in the right direction.

Deb is getting stronger, more capable on a daily basis. Tonight, getting her on and off the toilet and into bed were super smooth with Deb doing 95% of the work. Her speech is much much clearer and stronger....she was singing Christmas carols most of the evening! She had us cracking up....you would have to hear how Deb sings to know just how funny she sings....not just off key, but in a comic way that only she has mastered.

Shouldn't be much longer before Deb is home with me and the animals where she belongs.

OBIO
 
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