We are so happy to be home again! Without much warning, John was discharged late Monday evening in good spirits, good general health, the wound vac working and plenty of antibiotics. It was great to have the Hood grandchildren and other family here to provide a lively welcome.
It has been a whirlwind since returning. The Hoods left about 9:30 on Tuesday morning and the coordinating nurse for home care arrived at 10 until noon. After lunch we settled in and found the best ways for John to maneuver around with the small machine he has to carry and got him comfortable for a nap. I dashed off to see my parents - my mother had a fall the evening before. Despite some bruising, she was in good spirits and doing okay. After a rather late dinner, we were just exhausted.
Today the home physical therapist came in the morning to make an assessment and begin some work with John. Amazingly, John walked a good distance in the house with the walker - carefully! There are a lot of ways he can work on building his strength while at home. A brief hour later the nurse specializing in wound care came to change the dressing. That is a time consuming, detailed procedure that will happen every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. The nurse was very good and John felt less pain this time - fortified with drugs, or course.
John caught a short nap and our dear friends, Stephanie and Mike McCoy from Grace Church in Arlington, Texas came for a visit. It has been many years and we thoroughly enjoyed the time together. We "brought in" dinner since I am not organized yet. Tomorrow there are no appointments and John should get a full day of rest and I will put things back in order.
It looks like home is where we will be for the next 6-8 weeks as the wound vac does its job. After all, to qualify for Medicare, John is homebound. It is safer here for John to control the infection, protect the stump and get him the rest he needs. It certainly does look like a long holiday season as this journey overlaps into 2015, but God is good and we hold onto his generous mercies with great hopes for the future. I will continue to post on this blog and hope John will publish something soon.
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