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Last Day At Rehab Hospital

The Brothers Anderson (Doctor and PA-C) came in this morning and Jess asked them when they were going to discharge him. They said, "Monday."

The resulting explosion changed their minds.

As he told them, nothing much happens over the weekend, so why keep him? Their answer:
  1. The insurance would pay for it.
  2. He's got to have injections of Lovenox for 14 days, so he'd have to do some at home.
  3. He needs the staples out Monday.
  4. He'd miss a day and a half of therapy.

His reply:

  1. He wants to go HOME.
  2. He or his wife can give those easy little shots.
  3. He'd ride down Monday to the doctor to get the staples out.
  4. And he said he'd do outpatient therapy.

The reality is there is really only ONE of the therapy sessions that he needs these days. The group physical therapy and Occupational Therapy is easy for him. The one-on-one therapy is tougher, but he can do a lot of that at home, and he can go to outpatient therapy.

So they agreed to cut him loose, admitting "you can go home anytime you want to." Well, he wants to! We'd love to have gone home today, but can stand for ONE more day, but the idea of waiting until Monday morning to go home -- NO WAY!

Yeah, I know home is going to be tough, but we should be able to get more rest, and we should certainly be able to get better food that we know we like, and have more peace and quiet.

WE CAN'T WAIT TO GET HOME!!!

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