Day 34 - July 19 - Stuck in a Rut
Last night Eric was telling me they feel stuck in a rut.
Connor is fighting pneumonia again. Connor is depressed... along with Eric who also wrestles with anxiety.
Connor is no longer on continual medication. He is now given meds every six hours and of course (as we saw before) Connor is a big guy and the 6 hour meds don't last a full six hours.
The good news last evening was that Connor's fever was down.
Eric did seem excited about the concept of Subacute Care and the fact that there is a facility 5 minutes from their home in Morgan Hill. Please pray that this may indeed be a good option for Connor.
For those (like me) that don't have a clue what subacute care is, I found this in material written by the American Health Care Association...
"Subacute care is comprehensive inpatient care designed for someone who has an acute illness, injury, or exacerbation of a disease process. It is goal oriented treatment rendered immediately after, or instead of, acute hospitalization to treat one or more specific active complex medical conditions or to administer one or more technically complex treatments, in the context of a person's underlying long-term conditions and overall situation.
Generally, the individual's condition is such that the care does not depend heavily on high-technology monitoring or complex diagnostic procedures. Subacute care requires the coordinated services of an interdisciplinary team including physicians, nurses, and other relevant professional disciplines, who are trained and knowledgeable to assess and manage these specific conditions and perform the necessary procedures. Subacute care is given as part of a specifically defined program, regardless of the site.
Subacute care is generally more intensive than traditional nursing facility care and less than acute care. It requires frequent (daily to weekly) recurrent patient assessment and review of the clinical course and treatment plan for a limited (several days to several months) time period, until the condition is stabilized or a predetermined treatment course is completed."
Special thanks to those who will be fasting in the near future.
Kent
Virginia
posted by Kent C. Williamson @ 8:12 AM
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Sounds like a very viable option for Connor at this point and just 5 minutes from their home?!! So very much closer than Valley Medical Center in San Jose, 45-60 minutes away. I'm continuing to pray God's wisdom and peace for Eric, Cherie, Joelle, and Connor as they investigate and consider this. Also praying for Connor's spirits and the pneumonia. God's sweetest blessings and peace to you all today, especially, dear ones.
Blessings to you all, IM feeling a little bad because of the fact that IM growing so much through your trial sighhh.The Lord is showing me that He directs our paths, although it turns our world upside down and we don't know which way to turn He will gently guide and keep us in His care for all we know we may have been heading for destruction? All the plans we've had were our plans and
His plans are better, we just can't see it now but He sees it all complete. Thank you Lord for being our friend and guide directing our steps even though it hurts so much, we know you have a plan and a purpose, that you will be glorified in and through us and that one day we will see the Wisdom and the Knowledge of God and know that it is good.
"I Surrender All," awww.... what a beautiful song.
Fasting, Praying and Loving you All,Through Tears In Christ
Seems like God is leading the Williamsons to a facility close to their home for Connor's rehabilitation?!?? Prayers are being answered again! Praise and blessings, fasting and praying this weekend. I'm giving up diet SODA, which is a big thing for me.........
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