Wrist and Rehab...

The pins are out, the casts are off.. I am splinted but I have started my therapy with outpatient occupational therapy at Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation in West Orange..where I was inpatient for so long last year .

I have had years and years of PT (Physical therapy) and OT (Occupational therapy) and this is on my top 3 of pain induced therapies! And they are only moving my fingers. (Although my surgeon wrote the new script for them to do much more...) It is going to be a long, long, recovery. A small part of my large incision recently opened which is a real big healing issue with me. To the typical person it looks like a little 'boo boo' but we know that I'm not typical! I'm praying it heals with some silver-nitrate sticks (Ouch) and compression from the splint I have. I see my surgeon again on Monday to make sure I am on the right track!

With regards to John's Hopkins. I'm less optomistic that something will be accomplished being that I have left numerous messages the last 2 weeks regarding a fax and have not heard back as of yet. It is concerning that it is so hard to reach a secretary-- I hope it wasn't all for nothing . ( But that would be my luck!)

Baby Andrew remains hospitalized at CHOP (Children's Hospital of Philidelphia) with a ND tube going into his nose down into his intestines for feedings. It has been determined that he will have surgery in the near future called a "fundoplasty." They are doing this type of surgery because it is his best hope for thriving, gaining weight and growing. HE will also have an abdominal feeding tube placed for a while until he can take everything by mouth and his little stomach can tolerate liquids. Michele and David have stayed in Philly so Sarah is living with me and she's been a pleasure. Night times are hard because she really misses her parents, bed, and her dogs but she's a trooper and I'm treating her to a real good time here! (Pool at my house, TV in her room etc..)

To be continued...
Stacy