Mom is going stir crazy and it looks like we will bring her home now as soon as she is cleared from the CDIF virus. She has her last dose of antibiotics Sunday and we hope she will be cleared on Monday. Hopefully by Tuesday we will be able to get her home. Now, the great news is that we discovered that her secondary insurance will indeed cover up to 200 shifts for home care. The shifts, depending on the service are either 8 or 12 hours per and they will make sure she is well cared for, pills taken etc. We are so grateful to have found this.
The antibiotics for CDIF are really powerful and are causing her a lot of delusions and dreams which at times she has trouble separating from reality. We are on the home stretch but the next 5-7 days are going to be tough. She usually has the worst time in the morning when waking and settles down by mid morning when PT and visitors arrive. The Dr's tell us all of this is pretty normal and have given us no reason for concern.
She remains pretty weak and still has a way to go being able to fend for herself but Insurance will also cover three PT and three OT visits per week at home so we will be able to keep up with her exercises and strength conditioning. I think what will prove most difficult is her willingness to let go of her many everyday chores and tasks that she has grown accustomed to. Letting someone else take charge has never been her strong suit and our worse fear is that her stubbornness will trump her actual ability to do these things and she will fall and hurt herself. Hopefully she will be so happy to get home that all of this will become moot and she will be able to settle into a comfortable and peaceful lifestyle.
This whole ordeal has been quite the journey. At times things seem really dark and then a few rays of sunshine poke through such as the news we received about home care. It may from a physical standpoint be a better idea for her to remain in rehab for awhile but I am not sure her mental state could handle too much longer. We are knocking on the door of two months since this journey began and although we all remain positive and strong it is really starting to take it's toll on everyone. Again I want to thank everyone for all of their prayers and support. We know how fortunate we are to have the family and friends that we do. We will be clinging to this knowledge as we traverse the rocky terrain of next week.
As our Pastor Nathan would say, God loves you and so do we!
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