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Day 2 at the skilled nursing facility
It was a very disorienting night for Kim last night as he still does not grasp exactly what happened to him. Fortunately, today he was calm and more accepting of having to be at the rehab facility. However, as with just about every day since he started feeling better, as the evening approaches he wants…
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Flowers to express gratitude…
I thought about what to give the nurses at Anne Arundel Hospital to express our gratitude for all they did for Kim. Given covid and infection fears, I opted for flowers, which our cats enjoyed sniffing but which did make me sneeze quite a bit when arranging them in this simple vase. Now I know…
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Amazing help from our congressional representative Chris Van Hollan
After a few phone calls, emails and sending the documents to various places to request that Kim’s military record be corrected to include his service in Vietnam ( per earlier entry), it was our elected representative’s office of Chris Van Hollen that expedited our request. We got the letter above with updated DD214/215 documents in…
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At a skilled nursing facility
FutureCare – Chesapeake, Arnold, MD After passing the swallow test and being allowed to eat soft foods, the next step was to get an acute rehabilitation facility to accept him. I was really hoping that he could be accepted at the John Hopkins Bayview Stroke facility. Unfortunately, he was not accepted because he needs a…
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Barium Swallow Test
Image source: https://www.healthline.com/health/barium-swallow Kim has been tested nearly daily by the hospital’s speech therapists to assess his ability to swallow safely and not aspirate food into his lungs, which could cause pneumonia. Unfortunately, he was either too tired to follow directions when they came, of would cough a bit too much. Yesterday afternoon they decided…
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After 7 days without eating…
They just placed a feeding tube down his nose into the stomach After the speech therapists performed a few swallowing tests since he took a dive for the worse, Kim continued to not be able to sustain his attention long enough and required many verbal prompts to swallow. When he did swallow, it was rather…
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Tour of the floor
The nurse assigned to him today is wonderful! When I told her that he wanted to be taken to the ‘library around the corner, down the hallway’ she asked him if he wanted to go down for a tour. She took him around the floor and has now parked him I front of his room.…
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Right Parietal Lobe Stroke consequences
Saturday afternoon After two days of sleeping and being mostly unresponsive, Kim has stayed awake most of yesterday and today. He had a physical therapy assessment yesterday and is able to stand and even take a short step while being held. His legs are strong, with his left leg being very weak; he moves his…
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When I met Kim
About 1980s, Assistant Professor, U of H In the summer of 1978 I moved from Rochester, NY to Houston to join my sister Mery and to attend the University of Houston downtown campus. My microeconomics professor that first semester was Kim and this was his first year teaching after completing his PhD in Economics at…
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An unfortunate set back
Friday, August 12 – not waking up! Unfortunately, Kim’s brain injuries have always made his cognitive disability worse when he’s been hospitalized. This time it is not different. As he gets a little better, he wants to come home, gets agitated mainly at night and when I’m about to leave. Two nights ago, after passing…
Cunningham-Ramos AML & Stroke after TBI Journey 