REHAB BEGINS • Monday, Oct. 29th

Sorry for the delay in a post today. . . we have been busy. Dad left Winchester Medical Center around 11am by ambulance and was transported to Winchester Rehabilitation Center (old winchester hospital on cork street). His room is 3308. He has had a very busy day already. He was being assessed by all of the teams that will be working with him - physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, and his doctors and nurses. By noon, they had him in a wheelchair and in the dining room for lunch, when we arrived back from a tour of the facility. He is exhausted and they were letting him catch a little nap when I left. Pam and mom were going to meet with his doctor at 3:30pm. His daily schedule will be pretty intense. Up a 7am, breakfast @ 7:30, then occupational therapy, then physical therapy, then lunch, then more physical therapy and then dinner. They expect him to be quite tired this week as he adjusts to his new schedule. His nurse recommended that we hold off on visitors outside of his immediate family until the weekend. He really needs that time to adjust. He only has a half day of working with therapists on Saturdays and is off on Sundays. So we think by the weekend he may be up for some visitors, but we will let you know for sure on our daily post. Visiting hours during the week are not recommended until after dinner, between 6 & 9pm, but let's give him a week to adjust and get his blood pressure back down before coming to see him. He can however receive cards to his room. His address will be Winchester Rehab Center, 333 West Cork Street, Room 3308, Winchester, VA 22601. One other thing I need to correct from a previous post is this. . . I was under the impression that he was being admitted to a "3week intense program" - not exactly. What they meant is that dad's insurance covers 3 weeks of acute rehab. So where I was thinking at the end of the 3 weeks he would be maybe able to come home - that isn't a given. . .it's just when he will be re-evaluated to determine if they need to request to insurance for a longer stay for him there. All that being said - we are still believing for a miracle and to have him home by Thanksgiving - thanks for your continued prayer. We'll keep you posted on his therapy.