Family conference . . .

The family conference was at noon today. Rehab physician says another week or two or three is needed. I think he was thinking at least 2 more weeks.

Brock just wants to go home, he has already been in a hospital for 25 days.

They are doing a home assessment tomorrow to see what equipment would be needed for him to come home. The difference is he gets 4 to 5 hours of therapy a day inpatient and to go home means home health therapy maybe 3 times a week for 45 minutes. That is a big difference for someone who has a long way to go. Even though he is making progress every day he lost so much in his lower extremities

He gets to come home Christmas for 8 hours for a trial run but he has to be back at the rehab unit that night, insurance doesn't allow overnight trips.

It is his decision. Earlier he was not going to stay. Tonight he is thinking he will, he just wants to get better. It is just miserable here and home sounds so nice to him.

I think he improves each day. I transfered him from bed to chair by myself tonight, and I could not of done that even a few days ago. The rehab physician thinks he has done great but he still warns that it will be a slow process before he actually walks much.

Decisions . . .