Another weekend… stuck in the room

The latest round of tests (four or five now?) are still coming back negative for Acinetobacter baumannii.  But wait!  There’s now talk of a new bug cropping up in the results, though:  Pseudomonas aeruginosa.  Gah, you can’t make this stuff up.

Chris looks good this weekend, though – he’s alert, and he generally just seems more “with it” than he did a few weeks ago.  Not sure how to describe it.

Chris’s stomach still isn’t digesting food properly, taking much longer than it has in the past to process food.  I think this is still wholly related to being in isolation without the full PT/OT regimen that he’d receive in the therapy gym.

My dad is still looking around for a doctor to operate on his spine, another challenge we’re dealing with at the moment.  There are a number of techniques available from different specialists…  it’s a matter of narrowing down the choices at this point (evaluating the risk, recovery of function, etc.).  I really hope he can sort something out this coming week, because we need him back on the “team”.

HealthSouth RIOSA repaired their guest wireless access, so we’re able to do stuff on the Intertubes in the room again, for the first time since the nursing home!  Downloaded a “Wait, Wait, Don’t Tell Me” podcast, read him some Glenn Greenwald, watched a couple of YouTube videos, etc.:

On another positive note, the staff at RIOSA have been pretty good about getting Chris dressed and up in his chair in the morning.  It’s a HUGE help – it’s really nice to walk in, and skip straight to washing his face, brushing his teeth, shaving him, etc.

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