Ray out of the hospital and into rehab
Things are moving along. Ray's pneumonia is declared cured despite a lingering cough, so yesterday they transferred him to a nearby SNF for PT, OT and most especially speech; that, more for his throat and swallowing than actually talking. They are hoping to get him to eat again without it going into his lungs. Even if it's some kind of modified diet, I won't mind, as long as he can get off that feeding tube. With my lifelong involvement in the food business, this is the most upsetting thing to me, that Ray may never be able to eat real food again. Fingers crossed.
I'm trying not to get too far ahead of myself, he was just taken there yesterday afternoon while I was in the middle of an MRI to check out a lump on my leg. When I think of what he's going through, these kind of tests seem so minor now. I have a few other doctor and dentist visits scheduledfor myself this month too, just happy that I can go on my own for a change. I always feel so bad leaving him sitting by himself in the waiting room. The place he's in now is not state of the art but they are very friendly and very present, I thought a SWAT team was descending when I stopped by to see if he was settled in. He also has free TV and phone, so that's a nice bonus. I can call him to say goodnight now!
I finally checked on my car at the upstate Toyota dealer, and she affirmed that the repair will be covered even though it just passed 100,000 miles. Some kind of recall I guess, although she just keeps calling it a "warranty" repair; she said it will take at least a week to get the parts because there is a giant demand all over the nation for these navigational systems right now. Then I found out that the rental car my Mom took is free too, part of the deal, and that if it takes too long to fix it they will still make sure it's free anyway. Whew!!!!!! That takes a lot of weight off my mind, I was figuring I was in for thousands of dollars between the repair and the rental. Although it would have been worth it, just to see my family and have such a grand celebration. It's been years since I've been up there, getting to be too hard with Ray.
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