Decisions, Decisions.

For outpatient therapy daddy is going to require physical therapy (PT), occupational therapy (OT) and speech therapy (ST). There are only a few outpatient facilities that offer all three in our area. Mom and I went and looked at a rehab center in Claremore and Bartlesville today. The recommendation from Bernsen is that daddy should have anywhere from 3-5 days of rehab, the biggest need being for his speech. We’re learning that regimen is hard to come by as far as outpatient goes, but both Bartlesville and Claremore are offering to work with us on getting at least 3 days per week. By the end of the day we landed on the Bartlesville rehab center and are excited to see daddy’s progress once he starts.

The therapist and the doctor met today and decided they would like to extend daddy an offer to stay an additional week. The reason for the extended offer is because they still see daddy making progress and believe they could get him a little further along with some extra time. Daddy has been SO ready to go home we weren’t quite sure how he was going to take this offer. Well maybe we had somewhat of an idea! He gave them a big resounding “No.”  We’re hoping to “encourage” him to stay for one more week (any visitors, feel free to help us in this endeavor). We’ll let the staff know on Monday of his final decision.

Daddy’s speech therapist challenged him with a bbq dinner if he was able to get all his flashcards right during one of his therapy sessions. He was able to do it and will be enjoying his savory bbq tomorrow at dinner. I bet he’s ready to get something different than rehab food in his stomach!

Thanks again for all the prayers – praying that God will comfort daddy and give him wisdom/discernment while deciding about his additional stay at Bernsen!

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