River: State of the FlowerCat Episode 8

[mdlbear]

Colleen is back on Whidbey Island, as of late Monday afternoon, in the nursing home/rehab center formerly known as Careage, and now called Regency Coupeville. (Regency Pacific Management runs some 40 facilities in Washington, Oregon, California, and Hawaii.) Their visiting policy is a lot more restricted than we would like -- they have only a single room with a limited number of slots that have to be booked in advance, but they allow multiple people, so V and I were able to visit her on Wednesday. We have additional slots booked for Tuesday and Thursday of next week.

It beats her stay at UW, which didn't allow visitors at all for most of it. Visiting policies change frequently around here, depending on the latest word coming from the CDC, the Governor's office, and the local county health commissioners. Possibly also the phase of the moon.

She appears to be making progress with physical therapy -- she was able to stand up for two minutes (she says; might have been less) while they swapped her mattress for a better one -- and has had some good discussions with the head chef (who, like Colleen, views unusual dietary combinations as a challenge). I'm somewhat worried about her mental state, which I guess can be described as some combination of volatile and fragile. (Bearing in mind that I'm not particularly clear on the meaning of either word.) She's been in one institution or another since the end of March, so this is probably not unexpected, but...

We have a care conference scheduled for Monday; hopefully she'll be strong enough to go home later in the week.

Comments

[ellenmillion]

Hugs! Hoping she can come home soon.

[mdlbear]

Thanks! Possibly this coming week if nothing else goes wrong.

[jenk]

Hoping for the best for you all.