Drum roll please……OK!!! We’re here! Scott was moved to rehab yesterday evening. It was a pretty hectic night just trying to get him settled in and as comfortable as feasible. He was pretty nervous/anxious because of all the build up that everyone has placed on rehab. I didn’t stay last night because I had my brother and nephew in town for “Kristy patrol”. It was really nice for me to have the apartment full of activity. I had a great night! Collin made me his special homemade popcorn and Rob made me some great music mixes on the computer.
With all this action I didn’t have a chance to update but Scott physically did fine with his move yesterday. When I arrived this morning he was in the middle of working with OT. He had his upper body stretched and his legs wrapped with ACE bandages in preparation for his afternoon PT session. The purpose of the ACE is too help his blood pressure remain stable as they work on getting Scott up into a seated position. Due to the paralysis his body struggles to maintain his bp so the ACE helps to do what his muscles would.
After OT, his speech pathologist came in to introduce herself. She explained what her job will be with Scott in the coming months. She also did some memory games to make sure that his memory is functioning properly. I sort of laughed when she said this because I know that Scott is pretty darn brilliant when it comes to memory games. The games started easy but progressed to her saying 8 to 9 digits and having Scott repeating the digits back to her backwards. He knocked it out of the park! He didn’t miss one! I admit I was mentally playing along and this made my brain hurt! I was terrible! Glad they didn’t ask me to play along out loud!
Next visit was from the pulmonary team. They came in to notify Scott that his lungs are looking great but since he’s been struggling with some pretty intense coughing spells they are switching his lung treatments to a different med. The new medication is supposed to help make his secretions become less thick. They also have the RT working with Scott on the Coughalator. This is a machine that helps him cough and get some of the fluids up from his lungs.
Next visit was PT. As I previously mentioned, PT’s goal was to get Scott into a seated position for as long as he can tolerate. Since Scott has been laying on his back for pretty much a month and he is paralyzed, getting sat up is not exactly a walk in the park. Although they sit him up extremely slow he feels incredibly nauseous and dizzy. It was a slow process but they eventually had him sat up for about 10 minutes. It was great for him. He said he enjoyed the view of the walls vs. constantly staring at the ceiling.
His doctor came by later and congratulated Scott on a good day one. I was hoping this would make Scott feel more confident but he is still feeling like today was a bad day. He feels this way because he has been struggling with some GI issues, a lot of pain in his neck, anxiety, and nausea. Everyone keeps reminding him that with each passing day it’s going to get better. It’s hard for Scott to see his progression at this point.
We prayed a lot today and I am internally pleading with God to make this easier on Scott. I just want a little break in the pain. It’s SO incredibly hard to watch his agony. He has been through enough already and I just pray that God gives him some relief. I am so grateful that he had a good day “rehab” wise but I want Scott to have a good day in regards to emotional/physical pain.
I am staying the night tonight so please pray for a good night. Scott needs rest. At least when he sleeps he gets some peace. Please thank God for a good day one and let’s pray for an even better day two.