Thursday, February 23

Good Afternoon.  Shar had a very busy day today.  In the morning, Jerry came in and spent time with her.  She continues to eat pureed foods and her appetite is coming back.  Following her Thanksgiving lunch of turkey, mashed potatoes and mac and cheese (all pureed) she had Occupational Therapy and Physical Therapy.  She was able to sit up on the side of the bed and worked on moved her arms and following instructions.  Both therpaists commented that she made improvments from yestreday to today.  Following that shw was seen by the Speech Pathologists who did a swallow study with her.  This one consisted of a camera being inserted in her nose and down her throat while she was fed various food - all dyed green so they would show up on the camera.  In addition, the speech team did an assessment of her speech, comprehension and reading ability.  Almost right after the speech team left, the cardiologist came in and said that Shar was in afib.  They gave her medicine and thankfully her heart returned to normal rhythm.

Although she lacks patience with herself right now, Shar continues to make progress each day.  The longterm plan is that once she is considered medically stable she will go to the Reading Rehab adjacent to Target.  While there she will get OT, PT and Speech Therapy each day.