Sorry for the delayed update I know I have been delinquent. Having to get up every two hours to give Chris one of her meds has gotten me a little lazy about doing this - only one more night of it and we are done with that.
We have been home a few days now and are having some ups and downs. Sometimes Chris is comfortable and aside from the weird hairdo you wouldn't know anything happened, but more frequently she is very uncomfortable and struggles to keep her chin up. She continues to have intermittent headaches, although they have lessened in intensity as the Dr's said they would. As much, if not more, of a problem is that her body aches. She complains of pain in her hips, back and legs and it hurts to walk, sit, or just be. She is unsteady on her feet and needs support to walk, which is very slow and cautious. Pain meds help some but that is not the solution I am sure. My sense is that the underlying issue is lack of use, but I could be wrong.
We had an appointment on Monday with her regular general practitioner, just to get him up to speed and because he will be the one we go to over the long haul, but because the weather caused it to be pretty slick outside and because she's not so steady I thought it best to postpone. Now we see him on Thursday so we'll get his input. I also have a call in to the neurosurgeon to discuss it.
Upon discharge from the hospital we were given a list of hospital associated physical therapy locations, which is what I really think is needed most now, but two I called so far, after listening to her story, said they were not set up for neurotherepy, which I don't believe is really what we're after but it is probably better to have someone who is set up for it just in case. Finally I was referred to the therapy center at Fair Oaks Hospital, so I am waiting to hear back from them too. We continue to be thankful for everyones support and prayers and even though this might take awhile I am optimistic for a full recovery.
As bad as this was there is always someone worse off. A friend of mine told me his daughter-in-law, a mother of two kids, 8 and 10, was found on the floor of her home the other day having suffered from a blockage in a vessel in her brain. She was taken to the same ICU Chris was in, and is there now. For her the outcome does not look very promising so those of you who have prayed for us please pray for her and her family, they are really going to need it.
Sorry to end on a down note - been trying to keep upbeat.
More in a couple of days.
