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(I started this post on Tuesday, 05 JUNE, but just finished it today, 07 JUNE.)

Today we got all the various departments to give us their best sales pitch for staying in the hospital...

Veinous - Clot in her descending aorta is under control w/ the stent. How much of her foot will survive?

Can't tell yet, we have to wait & see. We still haven't figured out what is causing the clotting problems. We have tested for all the common causes and most all the possibles...

So it is safe to say due to the fact that you haven't drawn any blood work in the last 3-4 days other than clotting time tests, you've done all you can do unless somebody on the team has an "EUREKA!!" moment, it doesn't matter if we wait for that moment here or at home?

No.

As long as I know what to look for regarding changes/problems, and maintain her anti-coagulant meds and if I will report the first sign of something going south, any reason why we can't wait & see @ home??

No.

We're outta here.

Diabetes - It's under control with insulin and diet monitoring?

Yes.

As long as I follow the same regimen at home and report the first sign of things going south, any reason it can't be done at home?

No.

We're outta here.

Rehab - Explain to me what your program consists of..

We work on returning the patient as close as possible to the level of function she had "pre-incident".

How do you do that?

We work on getting her to be able to brush her teeth, comb her hair, bathing, mobility, wiping her ass, "puttering around the kitchen", dressing herself, speech therapy...

We have hair brushes, toof brushes, a bath tub, TP and a kitchen at home. She is already getting up and around with my help and the aid of a walker, both of which we have at home..

Well we have "experts" with years of experience...

Your experts may be able to get her from point A to point B quicker than I can, but we will get there...

We're outta here

(The re-fac lady also said that agitating Anna's emotional state would be counter productive to rehab, and separating us and placing her in a strange place surrounded by strangers, and relegating me to "visitor" status would do EXACTLY that.)

Then there was all the CYA legalese the hospital had to go thru before we signed the papers and GTFO Dodge. We stopped by the Med supply store to pick up test strips for the new glucose monitor, made a beeline to 5 Guys Burgers And Fries for what is quite possibly the best damn bacon cheeseburger I have ever stuffed down my neck, and hauled ass for Jackson and home.

We found our house full of Anna's friends and spent the next few hours just enjoying NORMAL. She made more "rehab" progress in those few hours than she had made in the last few days.

It is so good to be HOME.