Much has happened since my last entry. First of all, mom has been transferred to a new room. She is now in room 202. The reason for her transfer is that she is requiring less acute care. This is a sign that she is improving.

A second major development was the consultation from the neurologist. He explained that mom's MS will cause her recovery to be slower than in someone without MS. He changed her medications so she will be less sedated. She has been taken off trazadone, promethazine and clonazepam. She is now on seroquel and zyprexa. Furthermore, she continues to be weaned off her fentanyl.

A plastic surgeon was also consulted. He found that mom's skin graft on her left arm was healing nicely. He also evaluated her right hand fractures. As you may remember, mom pulled one of the pins out of this hand. The bone that was supported by this pin is healing well. The other two bones are not healing as quickly. I believe that they have asked an orthopedic surgeon to evaluate her left arm fractures to see how these are healing. I am not aware about whether this has occurred.

A rehab physician began to assess whether mom is ready to be transferred to a facility where she can receive more therapy. Mom mostly gets therapy once a day on weekdays when she is awake enough. She is not receiving therapy on the weekends or when she is too sedated and sleepy. Her therapy consists of physical therapy and speech therapy (for swallowing). She has not been doing as well with her swallow. Hopefully as she is more awake, she will be able to pass all her swallow studies.

Bob is doing well. He is now using resistance with his physical therapy in order to rehabilitate his shoulder injury. He took the attached photo of mom today as she sat up in a wheel chair in her new room. I am visiting for the weekend and am eager to see mom tomorrow.