Mom going down stairs (this week)
Mom walking (Sept. 27)
Here are the links to some video of Mom that you will enjoy. The one of her walking is almost 2 weeks old, and she can get around even better than that. She now only needs one person at her side instead of two, and she is doing most of the support all on her own. So, as you can see, Mom is really making progress.
The hope is to get her home a week from Saturday, but we have a LOT to do before then. Although she is quite mobile, she is very fragile, and hasn't re-learned many of the simple tasks we take for granted. We feel she needs a bit longer on the 12th floor, and the staff all agrees, but the insurance company has once again denied further coverage. This time we also lost the appeal, but it is being sent to an independent group for a further appeal, so we'll see. Their comment is that she is not making enough progress. Jim Jr. sent them the above videos which show tremendous progress, but we're not sure they viewed them before making their decision. What a crazy game we're playing, and we don't even know the rules! It's been quite the education, to say the least.
We're working hard to get to the bottom of Mom's stomach pain and have narrowed it down to a couple of simple meds she is receiving. Believe it or not, one of the suspected culprits is her multi-vitamin, so we feel there is nothing to lose by taking her off it for a few days. Unfortunately the doctor needs to sign off in order to discontinue a medication and he was at another clinic today. The other option is for the family to refuse it, so Jim Jr. is going to be there at the right time first thing in the morning to do just that. Hopefully it could be something as simple as that! If not, at least we tried.
Thanks for your continued prayers. We're getting there!!!
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