Back to those lying ways

The beautiful and amazing rehab with skilled care that only charges 295.00 a day....
I call again to save David a seat. Here is what happened:
‘Oh, 295 is just for the room. The therapy is in addition to that. And then there are...( she lost my attention at ‘oh that’s just for the room.)

So...back to square one.

They are eagerly trying to move us along at the hospital, but hanging on to the Doctor’s words: ‘you are not ready to go home yet.’

And then David saying he is so ready to go to rehab.

‘Ummm ya, about that....’
Words floating through my mind but do not escape my lips.

I will go back tomorrow to the rehab and try again...
‘How many days will 5,000 dollars get us?’

I am just at a loss here.

On a positive note, he is eating well. Small portions, but you have to start somewhere. He is now at 134lbs. Just last week he was 120lbs.
Remarkable!

Tomorrow at 7am Dr. Long will do a bronchoscopy. A minor procedure that shows the Doc if his airway is clear and open and to clean up some of the phlegm that won’t come up. He will also take a biopsy of the area where the lung looked problematic on the X-ray a couple days ago.

It’s possible, if all is well, they will decannulate the trach.
He will still need oxygen, through a nasal cannula.

He is so weak that he is not able to stand up alone or go to the restroom. They are working on that daily but not as much as a rehab would.

If anyone were to come to me and say God is mad at them, I would vehemently disagree. And tell them that He is not that way. He loves us!

But, I find myself thinking the very thing.

And I am terribly scared.

XO
Shelli