A Simple Timeline

A Simple Timeline...

March 9, 2014- Admitted to St E with minor symptoms (on eve of move from house to condo*)
March 10- Guillain-Barre diagnosis and progression to full paralysis and intubation
March 12- Transfer to University Hospital NSICU
March 12-26- NSICU at UC
March 26-27- Brief stay at LTAC- Drake Hospital at Christ
March 27- Emergency surgery for bleeding trach, transfer to SICU
March 28-April 14- SICU at Christ (pneumonia and PE treatment)
April 14-19- MICU at Christ
April 19th- Transferred back to Drake Hospital (at Christ) ROOM 3083 (Easter weekend)
July 31- First time outside in 21 weeks
August 25- First meal in 5 1/2 months
October 16- 67th birthday at Drake
October 31- MICU at Christ for treatment of pneumonia and MRSA infection
November 17th- Return to Drake Hospital (at Christ)
Thanksgiving-Christmas-47th Anniversary- New Year 2015
January 17th- Hematoma (dealt with for about a month following)
March 19- 2 weeks off the ventilator! Trach capped for first time ;)
April 4&5- Baptism service and Easter
April 20- "So long" party with Drake staff
April 23- Move to Providence Pavilion rehab center in Covington, KY
May 26- June 10th- St E hospital (trach out, MRSA treatment)
June 10th- moved to Gateway Rehab in Florence, KY (feeding tube removed)
July 2nd- moved to Rosedale Green in Latonia, KY
August 8th- first time sitting in the seat of a car in 17 months
Oct 16th- 68th birthday party at Rosedale
November 26th- Thanksgiving with family+ at the Rickerts
*November 27th- first time in condo since purchase*
January, 2016- began using a motorized wheelchair controlled by head
July 10- move to HealthSouth rehab to prepare for move to assisted living
July 28, 2016- moved to Elmcroft Assisted Living in Florence, KY. After 871 long nights apart finally sharing a roof with wife again!!
August 2018- moved out of Elmceoft. Steve to Emerald Trace. Nancy to the condo.

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Wide angle view (an update by Nancy)


I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing. ... Every good thing I have comes from you.... Without you, I have nothing good." Psalm 16:2

Flora did a great job of reporting on the past week in ICU.  If my view stays only on this room it is easy to fall into discouragement.  I need to remember that the visible progress that we can see now was in the making on the days when it was hidden from view.

Another way to view the current situation, when I am tempted to wonder if God "stepped out for a bit" is to choose to see Him at work loving us through other people....
- friends replacing the battery in our car in preparation for selling it
- a neighbor noticing our garage door was broken and stepping in to fix it
- cards and visits from friends, even after almost eight months.  Their faithfulness mirrors who God is.
- frequent checking in from LTAC staff and Dr Krause monitoring from there, assisting in trying to get insurance to agree about his return
- another friend offering to help me straighten out my network that won't recognize my email accounts
- a home cooked meal at an old friends house last night

Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. James 1:17

Love to all,
Nancy

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