Finally some Good News (maybe)
Jessica just called with her report from the evaluation:
The ladies that evaluated him said that he can go to Heritage Inn!!! Maybe as soon as tomorrow -- they have to switch his Medicaid to Medicare but they don't think that will be much of a hassle. Of course, poor Brian has had everything to be a hassle so we are keeping our fingers crossed that his luck may be finally turning around.
At Heritage, Brian will be in a room with 2 other men. We are actually excited about that because he'll have people talking around him and stimulating him. But most importantly, there will be someone there all the time to call for help if he needs it. During his time in the hospital (besides ICU), he was in a room all alone and no one knew if he started to have trouble breathing.
They also told Jessica that they will do various activities with him during the week and will get him up in a wheelchair and take him around. That will be the first time in 6 months that Brian will be out of the bed!!!! What a great thing!!
And the first thing they will do will be to heal his bedsores. He has 6 bedsores on his feet from laying in the bed.
There are some drawbacks -- mainly that he's going to be in Barnesville. But the positives definitely outweigh the negatives!!
Please keep us all in your prayers especially over the next few days. Please pray that this transfer will go smoothly and that Brian can get settled into his new room quickly.
And please pray for Jessica and all of us that have grown accustomed to going to Kennestone everyday. We are definitely glad to not have to go to the hospital but it will be weird not visiting with Brian after work.
We will visit on the weekends and call every day for updates so we will still keep you all posted.
Those of you that would like to take regular road trips to Barnesville -- we'd love to have you! Just contact me or Jessica and we'll try to organize a schedule so that we can carpool.
The more the merrier!
Although Brian is moving and getting settled, he still needs us. And he would still love to have visitors.
Thank you again for all your continued prayers.
--jamie
The ladies that evaluated him said that he can go to Heritage Inn!!! Maybe as soon as tomorrow -- they have to switch his Medicaid to Medicare but they don't think that will be much of a hassle. Of course, poor Brian has had everything to be a hassle so we are keeping our fingers crossed that his luck may be finally turning around.
At Heritage, Brian will be in a room with 2 other men. We are actually excited about that because he'll have people talking around him and stimulating him. But most importantly, there will be someone there all the time to call for help if he needs it. During his time in the hospital (besides ICU), he was in a room all alone and no one knew if he started to have trouble breathing.
They also told Jessica that they will do various activities with him during the week and will get him up in a wheelchair and take him around. That will be the first time in 6 months that Brian will be out of the bed!!!! What a great thing!!
And the first thing they will do will be to heal his bedsores. He has 6 bedsores on his feet from laying in the bed.
There are some drawbacks -- mainly that he's going to be in Barnesville. But the positives definitely outweigh the negatives!!
Please keep us all in your prayers especially over the next few days. Please pray that this transfer will go smoothly and that Brian can get settled into his new room quickly.
And please pray for Jessica and all of us that have grown accustomed to going to Kennestone everyday. We are definitely glad to not have to go to the hospital but it will be weird not visiting with Brian after work.
We will visit on the weekends and call every day for updates so we will still keep you all posted.
Those of you that would like to take regular road trips to Barnesville -- we'd love to have you! Just contact me or Jessica and we'll try to organize a schedule so that we can carpool.
The more the merrier!
Although Brian is moving and getting settled, he still needs us. And he would still love to have visitors.
Thank you again for all your continued prayers.
--jamie
posted by Jamie at 1:39 PM
4 Comments:
YEAH!!!!! Hopefully, this will be the beginning of good things to come!
And those of us from farther south can join in visiting Brian. We'll continue to pray that God will do something visible in Brian's life.
Much love to you all,
Bonnie & Pete
This is wonderful news!!!! I'm so happy to read it! Can't wait to hear how everything goes in the next few days!
Love,
Shannon
Hurray!
So good to hear that they are ready to take Brian!
It is SO wonderful to hear some good news about him!
He is in our thoughts and prayers (as always)!
Love,
Lindsay
I had a nice visit with Brian today. It's really good to hear he's moving to the Barnesville facility- the therapy should do wonders for him. All of you guys are still in my prayers!
mandy:)
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