I guess I was right about mom getting her strength back. JJ said that when she worked with the Physical Therapist yesterday, she was able to walk about 100 feet with the aid of a walker.
Her vitals are stable. Low grade fever comes and goes, and her bloodpressure has gone up a few times in the last day too. However, the doctors sound like they are ready to see about discharging her.
A discharge from Swedish doesn't mean she'll go home and she won't be going to the type of rehab facility we were originally told to look at either. They've asked us to visit some local LTACH's (see previous post) which is pretty much a hospital. They will be able to focus on a rehab program with her using Physical, Occupational, Speech and Respiratory Therapy. At the same time, they can closely monitor her (especially for the pneumonia which she still has which is causing breathing problems for her) and complete xrays, scans and other labs that might still be needed at this stage in her recovery.
Her OB surgeon came by and said that her hysterectomy is healing well. Her neurologist came by and didn't have much to say, just waiting for her hospitalist to make the call.
So we're just waiting to see what happens... But it looks like this is our last weekend at Swedish Hospital.
BTW - I washed her hair for her today. It made us both happy :)
Oh, her Physical Therapist is here! I finally get to see her work out!
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