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Cindy has settled into Kindred wonderfully. The staff are great. They are very caring and gentle. Cindy started Physical Therapy at bedside today and also had Speech Therapy. The Speech Therapist showed her how to use a special device that she can use for talking. It makes her sound like a robot.
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This is a BIG STEP!!!
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Cindy’s temperment is very good. She likes joking around and is becoming very social. She is able to write a little and finding other ways to communicate. When people visit her, she makes sure that everyone knows each other. Since Cindy can’t help anyone, she tries to match everyone’s skill with other people’s needs.
Tomorrow, Rita, Mary and Debbie are going to check out a Long Term Care facility.
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Cindy had a good night. Dr. Cheung (pulmonary specialist and Cindy’s primary doctor right now) came in to see her today and was impressed with her weight loss and the progress she made with the ventilator over the weekend. She believes that Cindy will need another week before she can breath on her own, so she is calling Dr. Chen to see if he can do the tracheotomy. Dr. Chen has worked with Cindy when she was in the hospital last year, so he knows her situation. Remember that the ventilator tube that Cindy is using now is not a good idea to use for more than two weeks which was this past Saturday. The tracheotomy is not permanent. Cindy might be able to talk and eat by mouth. The tracheotomy is scheduled for tomorrow at 9:40 am.
More good news. Dr. Cheung is also ordering Physical Therapy (also called PT). That will help Cindy regain her mobility. She is able to move her arms, legs and shoulders but doesn’t have much strength. She can’t squeeze your hand or push down with her feet. The Physical Therapist will help her get back into shape.
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Tests were done to make sure that her digestive system is good. All is A-OK.
Cindy’s childhood friend, Nike was here for the weekend and left today to go back to Los Angeles. But first, she left Cindy a piece of art work on her Daily Board in her room:
“Hi Debbie. I loved yesterday’s blog because it was beautiful, poignant, sad, and funny! Not only does it tell how Cindy keeps doing better and is working so hard with her recovery (Yaaah!!!) but also made me sad thinking of your mom as well as sad again how right now Cindy isn’t able to “deal with” my mom. It made me laugh and was funny to me because of what you said about my mom not getting any of what you were explaining about seeing the blog, etc. and your losing patience. I’m going to use your trick to help me – I’ll pretend I’m Cindy when I talk with my mom! “
My partner, Pauline, asks me how Cindy is every day. I tell her she can check the blog like everyone else. She says she can just ask me. I get insulted. She says:
“Ok. I’ll call Aunt Sandy and ask her how to access the blog. How about that?”
Rita carries around Cindy’s phone. It rings constantly all day long. The caller at the other end of the conversation usually needs Cindy’s help, When they find out that she is incapacitated, they tell Rita they hope she feels better and often tell her that they are lost without her. Then they proceed to ask Rita to help. She begs ignorance and gets off the phone and screams:
“Cindy! How do you take care of all these people!!!”
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