from Gloria, his mother/my coworker:
Our son, Andrew, was transferred on Thursday, August 7th, to Jacksonville to the Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital. The assessment from today’s care team meeting is that they anticipate discharging him in a month, tentatively on September 9th. Andrew had a successful cranioplasty surgery (replacement of the skull) performed in late July, and is beginning to speak more and more daily. At Brooks he will be experiencing more of a “boot camp” regime of therapy (physical, occupational, speech, cognitive, psychological), with a minimum of 3 hours daily. After his discharge, he will be released to live at home with us, but with the need for outpatient care and in-home care as well. We will be learning more as that time approaches. We continue to be appreciative of your thoughts and prayers for us as we have gone through this journey. Thanks so much!
(Mar's Note: LM has a new policy where employees can donate their own vacation hours to other employee. This started back when hurricanes and tornados were impacting employees who needed time off for home repairs. Gloria has been able to access this donation pool to spend time with Andrew. Better donating it to Andrew than spending time on a beach somewhere with a pina colada.)
Our son, Andrew, was transferred on Thursday, August 7th, to Jacksonville to the Brooks Rehabilitation Hospital. The assessment from today’s care team meeting is that they anticipate discharging him in a month, tentatively on September 9th. Andrew had a successful cranioplasty surgery (replacement of the skull) performed in late July, and is beginning to speak more and more daily. At Brooks he will be experiencing more of a “boot camp” regime of therapy (physical, occupational, speech, cognitive, psychological), with a minimum of 3 hours daily. After his discharge, he will be released to live at home with us, but with the need for outpatient care and in-home care as well. We will be learning more as that time approaches. We continue to be appreciative of your thoughts and prayers for us as we have gone through this journey. Thanks so much!
(Mar's Note: LM has a new policy where employees can donate their own vacation hours to other employee. This started back when hurricanes and tornados were impacting employees who needed time off for home repairs. Gloria has been able to access this donation pool to spend time with Andrew. Better donating it to Andrew than spending time on a beach somewhere with a pina colada.)