Sept 22, 2010

We got moved to rehab yesterday! They let him rest for the remainder of the evening, so today was his first full day of rehab. He is pretty darn tired! It's 6 hours per day of re-learning how to do stuff, and he even lifted some weights today. They put a speaking valve on his trach tube, so when I got to the hospital we were able to talk! He also sat in a wheelchair for an hour. I come back from work and he was in normal clothes, sitting up, AND talking. I was soooo excited!

He's eating real food now too! No thin liquids like water and regular juice, but things that are thicker are just fine. They add thickener to juice and lemonade so that he can have "beverages". I tried some of his thickened orange juice today and it sucked! Today for dinner he had some minced carrots, mashed potatoes & gravy, and pudding. He did not want the hospital meatloaf (it definitely looked sketchy!)

I talked to his doctor today and found out that we'll probably be in rehab for 3-4 weeks. Now to find an apartment!