Yale arrived yesterday at Hopkins Bayview Care Center, via medical transport, from New York Downtown. He pronounced the ride "lousy": bad springs, bumpy, noisy and cold. But he made it with no real problems.
For now, he is in an intake/observation suite that is rather open and lacking in privacy. Hopefully, today, the staff will remove his trach altogether, and after a day or two of observation, he can move to a real room. He is breathing fine and just on a bit of supplimental O2 thru the nose, so it would seem it is time to lose the trach.
Then begins the hard work of rebuilding a lot of lost strength and muscle mass. Yesterday, he polished off the bacon cheeseburger and chocolate cake I brought. Today, he made short work of a pastrami sandwich and rice pudding. Hey, when you lose 20 pounds of muscle, dieting is NOT on the agenda.
We are happy to have him in town and look forward to a steady upward trajectory from here.
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Yale --- glad to hear things are going well for you and that you're close to family. It may not be Manhattan, but at least it IS a change of scenery. Remember -- yell at them - they're used to it - not the folks at the rehab who can make your life hell (remember when you were on the other side).
ReplyDeleteAt first, reading about you eating a bacon cheeseburger, I wondered what was wrong with pastrami and dear dear, what would mother say. Glad to see the pastrami made it in afterall.
Keep up the improvements and hope to see you in Boston in July...
Naomi