Friday 6/27/08
In my last post I told you how good Gary was doing except for the fact that he was extremely tired. I mentioned that I thought maybe it was because of some of the new meds he was on. Well, what a difference a day makes. Yesterday I arrived at Dodd only to find [...]
Entries from June 2008
June 28, 2008
What a Difference a Day Makes
June 26, 2008
OT and Speech
Wednesday 6/25/08
Yesterday I updated you about a couple of Gary’s therapies, today I will update you on the rest. Today they took an x-ray of Gary’s left shoulder just to make sure there are no unforeseen problems going on in it. I will find out tomorrow if they found anything. They don’t believe there is [...]
June 25, 2008
How are things going at Dodd Hall?
Tuesday 6/24/08
Gary has been at Dodd Hall for several days now and I’m sure many of you are wondering how things are going there. For anyone who doesn’t know what Dodd Hall is I will tell you, it is one of the best rehabilitation facilities in the United States. That’s not my opinion, US News [...]
June 20, 2008
We Made It!!!
Thursday 6/19/08
After I was told by the Nurse Case Manager at Cleveland Clinic that Dodd was not going to accept Gary I was very confused. On May 7 we had an appointment with Dr. Mysiw and he told us at that time he would accept Gary back to Dodd as a patient. So when I [...]
June 18, 2008
What Happened?
Wednesday 6/18/08
Remember yesterday when everything was running smoothly and we were getting out of here without any trouble. Well guess what, we’re stuck here for another day. Dodd Hall would not accept Gary for some reason. Something about his blood levels being too low and they didn’t think Gary could get any better or something [...]
June 17, 2008
Good News Discharge is Scheduled
Tuesday 6/17/08
I just finished talking with Gary’s Nurse Case Manager and the Doctor said Gary is ready to be discharged tomorrow. All the information has been sent to Dodd Hall in order for them to prepare for Gary’s arrival. At this point in time we have been scheduled to leave tomorrow at 1:00 pm. I’m [...]
June 16, 2008
How Are Things Going?
Monday 6/16/08
First I want to say Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad’s out there. I hope you all had a great day.
Many of you may not be aware but Cleveland Clinic seems to be in a perpetual state of construction. Not just the roads but the sidewalks as well, as you can tell by [...]
June 14, 2008
Gary is Doing Well
Saturday 6/14/08
As I sit beside Gary watching him sleep this morning I thought it would be a good time to update everyone on his condition. Not much happened yesterday it was mostly a day for everyone to get organized with Gary’s feeding schedule, but there were a couple of interesting things that happened. Cameron, Cody [...]
June 13, 2008
Surgery update
Thursday 6/12/08
It now about 7:30 pm, I have finally talked with the Doctor. What he told me was the procedure went well. They did NOT get all the bone this time because they were afraid he would bleed to death if they did too much. He does have free movement back & forth, but he [...]
June 13, 2008
Surgery Day
Thursday 6/12/08
Yesterday we received a phone call telling us that we would not be going straight to the surgery area today, instead we had to report to desk HB6 at 7:15am. What the Doctor decided to do before this surgery is have a procedure done on Gary that would map the veins in this right [...]
