Hi all,
After a year at Rosedale, getting excellent care and therapy, Steve has moved on to intensive rehab at Health South in Northern Kentucky, Room 100. He got there on Sunday, July 10. As you can imagine, it was hard to leave the staff and some resident/friends there.
He gets 3-4 hours a day of intensive rehab, focusing on being able to take steps and transfer from surface to surface. He has yet to master standing/pivoting. Steve is" hard wired" to reach goals and he recognizes the structure at the rehab facility as "just like basic training!" It does really wear him out though. He welcomes visitors in the early evening around 6:30. If you come during the day, you are welcome to watch his therapy, although he won't be able to visit much. We think he has another week inpatient rehab. Then comes the move to the apartment in Florence and hopefully more rehab on an outpatient basis.
This coming Monday, the movers and family will move some of our furniture from the condo to the apartment, about a 15 minute commute. It is called Elmcroft Senior Living and it is a two-bedroom, two-bath apartment with a small kitchenette. No stove:( There go my legendary cooking skills! We are provided three meals a day in the dining room. There are a lot of other amenities and we hope to get our feet under us again as a couple while Steve's healing continues. We plan to return to the condo when Steve is able.
I have had some health issues arise since my July 5 blog. A small blood clot in my lung brought on some additional pumping problems with my heart and I currently can push blood out at only 1/2 the rate I used to. This leads to great fatigue and breathlessness. I am now on a blood thinner and fortunately, the heart issue can be fixed by replacing my current defibrillator with another model that has an additional lead that will fix the problem and I'll "beat" normally again. The procedure will be Aug 3, when I'm off the current dosage of blood thinner. Prayers appreciated that I will find patience with my situation and learn how better to "let go and let God" be in charge!
I'll let you all know when we are both settled at Elmcroft and looking forward to visitors!
Love
Nancy and Steve
We sure do miss you guys here at Rosedale! You and Steve became like family around here and it is definitely not the same without you. I will be dropping by sometime soon to say hi to my buddy:-)
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