There is news

TERRY

Dr. Robertson called a short time ago and chatted for a while.  Here is the latest for Terry:

• She will have her last treatment this afternoon
• Later today a team of doctors will meet and discuss her case and make final decisions as to where to go from here BUT based on where they are at now this is the plan for now:
• She will be admitted to the U of MN rehab center on the west bank in a day or two
• Her stay could vary from 2-6 weeks.  
• He said the first 2 weeks of rehab are VERY important.  
• The doctors said his opinion would be she should be able to walk with a cane before she is released BUT that is up to the rehab doctors.
• Usually a patient improves the fastest in the first month to 6 weeks and then a slower improvement is seen.  Most likely she will continue to improve slowly for the first year and that will be it.
• I asked if her case was EXTREME and he said NO.  He said if you took 100 cases of what she has her condition would be in the upper half.  For me, that was helpful.
• I asked about recovery here in St. Paul in a 2 story house with a basement or in Naples with everything on one floor and he said that is up in the air but yes a one floor living space would be nice.
• Terry has been a bit confused over the last 48 hours but Dr. said he felt that was due to her long hospital stay and the fact that she is not getting good sleep at night.  He said that should be better in rehab as that setting is not as disruptive as a hospital setting.  I was going to say a rehab setting is more normal but I do not think it is very normal!!!
• AND yes one could guess at the rehab setting there is also NO visitors.

That is about it.  I will of course stay close to my phone but I do not expect a call until tomorrow when a NEW Dr. is in charge of her recovery.  Dr. Robertson said he signs off as of 6AM tomorrow but he will fill the new Dr. in on all the details.

So that is the news.  PLEASE keep the prayers coming as Terry has a LONG way to travel in the next fews weeks and months.  THANKS

Carmen