Jody recovery report #8

News flash: Jody is being released from rehab tomorrow (Wednesday) around 11:00am. We look forward to being home in the early afternoon. Jody will get a week or two of nursing care and therapy at home and then progress to outpatient therapy.

Her therapists are very concerned that Jody not put herself in a situation where she could fall. Her neck is not as strong as it will eventually be, her balance is not great, and her reflexes are poor to nonexistent. Balancing the risks against her desire to regain her independence is going to be an interesting challenge as she continues to improve.

Just walking around the house all day (no more wheelchair to fall back on) will probably be very tiring for her at first. You might want to wait until later in the week or the weekend to stop by, to give her time to settle in. That doesn’t apply to people who’ve already offered to come over with food or to help out, of course.

Have to make this quick so I will forgo the usual long list of people who need thanking. Just know how much we appreciate everything that you’re doing.