12/14/2009

Speech evaluation today was exciting. Much improvement over the weekend. Ahh and ehh exercises do make a difference :O)

He now has full liquid diet, which means anything that will become a liquid at room temperature. The most exciting thing for him with this is jello, broth, and COFFEE!

We are waiting for the neurologist team to visit to make some decisions. His med student today stated they are ready to move him to a medical floor, but probably would not be accepted to a rehab because of the feeding tube. We are pushing to return to MHHCC even if it is for a medical floor. Hopefully they will let us rehab there a little quicker, even if he has an NG tube? Otherwise he would have to have a feeding tube placed in his belly before any rehab will take him. We do not want to do that so we will wait for the swallowing to keep improving. Doing this at MHHCC will just make it easier on the parentals and our work situations. (and yes, I miss my dogs).

I will let you know what the neuro team decides soon.

dp