New Developments

Everyday brings something new! Yesterday Kathy called me very excited that she had walked without the walker! The only support was holding the therapists hand. At my visit today, I spent sometime in therapy with Kathy and was able to walk with her holding just her hand. This was awesome and everyone in the therapy gym was checking her out!

The next steps on Kathy's agenda are figuring out outpatient therapy times and a support structure for her time at home. Kathy is still in a phase called "contact guard" which requires her to have someone present with a supporting hand on her when she transfers, walks, or moves in anyway out of or into a chair / bed / walker. While she is in this phase and at home someone will need to be with her at all times. Even though she could likely do most things on her own the risk of additional injury is still high without the support.

We have a good idea how we are going to staff the house to support Kathy and will firm this up next week. We also decided what times will be best for her to travel back to West Orange for therapy. Hopefully these times will also work for Kessler. Last on the list is adapting the house to Kathy's needs. There will be a ramp for the front door and front porch. Also, additional railings in the stairwell and well placed chairs in the house. The throw rugs will be taken up for easy wheeling / walker use and we will likely move the kitchen table to create a bit more space to move around.

Six more days then into the next phase!