Moving Forward

Good Morning Everyone,

Well, we are all excited today, as it is the day that we will get word whether or not Rachel will be accepted into the Madonna Rehab Institution. She had her interview yesterday, and that went very well. Two nurses from Madonna came to evaluate her, and let us know what is to be expected while she is there.

It appears to be a top-notch facility, and all the therapy concentrates on getting the patient back to a level of normal functioning. They have practice houses, practice restaurant's, practice cars, practice garages, and a host of other simulation environments where they will take a patient, and work on coordinating the movements in that environment. Their goal is to get a client to a point of normal functioning as fast as possible.

The program appears to be very intense. They only uniform she will be wearing is sweats and workout clothes. Their baseline of activity begins at 3 hours of therapy per day, and builds from there. We asked what she would be doing the rest of her time there, and the lady laughed a bit and simply said "she will be resting during the rest of the time".

Ryan went back home yesterday to get some work done this week. RuthAnne, I, Crystal, and MaryAnne are holding down the fort here. Rachel continues to show marked improvements each day, whether it's stronger coughing, fine motor movement, eating ice, or something else. She has a great staff of nurses working with her on the General Neuro floor that she's on now.

As soon as we get an answer from Madonna, we'll put up a short post to announce it.

- Josh