OK, did get some information, finally!
Well, I did make some headway today. I called the liaison from the Acute rehab center, who evaluated Larry a few days ago, to find out what's going on. She told me that she thinks he's not yet ready for Acute (I agree), but thinks that he has made a lot of progress in the SNF. She'll continue to monitor him over the next few weeks, and her goal is still to get him back to Acute eventually. She said that she will push to keep him in the SNF, as opposed to sending him home, and that she thinks he'll be able to go back to Acute if he has a little more time. I am totally on the same page with her, so that was very comforting.
I also talked with the Physician's Assistant today. She came by at about 6:30, when I was visiting Larry, so I had to a chance to talk to her in person. I asked her my questions about the Proscar (how will they know if it's working or not if they don't take the catheter out and see?), and asked what Larry's cholesterol readings are now that he's been on Zocor for a while. She says that the SNF doesn't routinely test cholesterol but that she would ask that a test be ordered, and also said she'd talk to the urologist about the Proscar issue. We connected pretty well, and I think she's actually going to try to help us, so that was good.
I'm not feeling quite as panicky about Larry's situation now. Knowledge is power! At least I feel like we are getting a fair hearing, and that they recognize that he's making progress.
One more piece of good news - I read Larry's chart this evening, and the PT says that he can move his right leg (the paralyzed one) a little bit. He either wouldn't or couldn't do it this evening when I asked him to, but he was in a mood and maybe just didn't feel like performing on demand.
Tonight he clearly said to me "you...won't...go". We were having one of those difficult sessions when he was trying to tell me something and I could not understand what he wanted. I don't know what he meant - asking me to leave? It didn't seem like that, but I'm just not sure. Either way, he can't make a lot of consonant sound, so it was good to hear him saying words, no matter what.
I've decided that there really is a God after all. This is a man who wrote a f***ing DICTIONARY (see the "Cambridge Dictionary of Human Biology and Evolution" on Amazon.com if you are curious) - what are the chances that he'd be robbed of his language skills?? The irony is just too much, sometimes...
xxxoo
..jm..
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