Update #15, 11/14

Hello everyone, 

I managed to beat CoolKal to the update again! Great to be have so much time!!!  

The speech therapists today inserted a camera line through Jitka’s nose to monitor the way she swallows different types of food.  She needed to evaluated on water, ice, milk, pudding, apple sauce, sandwich, cookie, a soda, grape and orange juice.  Just a little amount of each of course.  She did well with all, except the water, ice, and milk.  Will try those again in a week.  In the mean time she will be cleared to have some amounts of a regular meal.  Her high viscosity drinks will need to be thickened.

It is time to think about what decission to make about rehabilitation.  The Pitt County Memorial Hospital - where she currently is - has a great rehab center.  It seems like we won’t need to move to any other location in the country for rehab, however we keep that option open.  I would like to make sure she gets the best possibly chance to make her life easier.  She can start full rehab in a couple of weeks.  Her broken bones need a little more time in order to support her. It is also time for me to look for an appropriate wheelchair accessible van and house.  For that reason, it would be great if we could stay here for the few weeks of rehab. 

Two more important thoughts:  Her sodium is on the right track, it was 144 last time I have seem the lab results.  Also, she does not dump her her fluid at such high rate any longer. 

Every day I could make a list of people to thank.  Please don’t think I am forgetting any of you!  Thank you now, and will thank all of you again!  I am sorry for not being able to reply to phone calls and e-mails. I am truly planning to catch up on that!  I do appreciate them!

Jani