Well, we're finally here at:
Linda Ericksen - Room 115
Flower Rehabilitation Center
5150 Harroun Rd.
Sylvania, OH 43560
She has a very busy day. Breakfast at 7, Physical Therapy starts at 8AM, etc, etc.
Visiting Hours are 4 PM - 8:30 PM except for family allowed anytime.
If you want to call her at 419-824-4015, it probably will be best after 4:30-5PM so she is in the room and has a chance to rest for a few minutes. Thanks. Don't ask questions, that require long responses and if she is havng trouble remembering, let her try for a few minutes before helping her. That helps build other pathways in the brain.
She had speech therapy and sometimes has a problem called "word finding". She is really trying, however, and has an amazing sense of humor about the whole thing. What else can you do , huh?
Daughter-in-Law, Dawn, joined us for lunch and ate Linda's soup (Linda didn't want.) We found out that as luck would have it, they have a once-a-month Friday Therapy Dog Day and it is this Friday, so that is cool and Linda is looking forward to seeing the labrador Therapy Dog. We can also bring our own family pets anytime. Yea! So Chloe, our cat, and Luigi (Dawn's Bichoen) may be in for a treat. Laura's two cats, Tigger and Belle, who we are babysitting for while they sell their Iowa house and buy one in Cleveland, will come another time.
Linda did 16 minutes (one min more than required, since the therapist was busy elsewhere) on an apparatus which looked like a reclining stair climber. Now at 2:46 PM she is doing "Recreational Therapy" with playing cards and plastic magnetic letters. The Rec room has board games, puzzles,PCs to use, checkers, The Toledo Blade, that rag,etc, etc.
Oh Evan,
ReplyDeleteSo very, very happy to hear that Linda is finally in Rehab!! I just sent her some flowers to her room. Hope that is okay. She should get them tomorrow morning. Take her one picture of the sun rises! She will love that!! I am sending a card to the house, so take that to her, please. Could Marc and I be "Pet Therapy"? Give her a big hug for us and let us know if there is anything else we can do. Should I write her a short letter that she would have to read? We miss you both so much! Love you lots and lots, Elaine and Marc
Aah, this is what I was waiting for--Linda at last in Rehab plus the address, hours, phone number. I'll be sending a card with a note I hope she can read. Because of my experience in rehab for my hips, I can relate to everything you have said. Even the therapy animals--all animals are therapy--always made me so happy. Tell Linda I am thinking of her and love her. Glad to know she has not lost her sense of humor.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Pat