Colleen: moved

[mdlbear]

As of about half an hour ago, Colleen is now located at White Blossom Care Center, 1990 Fruitdale, San Jose, room 204A. She and her doctors are pretty optimistic that a couple of weeks of intensive physical therapy will get her body back in operation.

I am trying hard to remain optimistic, but not succeeding very well at the moment.

Comments

[selenesue.livejournal.com]

I see this as a very good sign indeed! You know Colleen. When she decides on a goal, anything that gets in her way will have a Colleen-shaped hole in it.

[jilara.livejournal.com]

It's a good progression. And Colleen is so tough that she'll probably progress at an accelerated pace.

[dejla.livejournal.com]

Rehab is a good thing. People do snap back from things once they get moving. Keep good thoughts in mind.

[ranch101.livejournal.com]

More hugs for you and Colleen both. It can be done, though it looks like a long hard road. And as others have pointed out, Colleen is very determined, and attitude goes a long way to speeding recovery.

More than a decade ago, my back went out (reinjury of an injury from my teens) and I spent a month bedridden, not knowing if I'd walk again. After time and PT, and lots more time, I don't even have a limp unless I'm really tired.

Be good to yourself!

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

If her doctors are optimistic, I think that's a good sign.

[callylevy.livejournal.com]

Thinking of you all, and hope the therapy does the job. Asap.

[quadrivium.livejournal.com]

Hugs and best wishes for a speedy recovery!

[tetralizard.livejournal.com]

I wonder if the PT equipment will hold up this time. Last time if you remember she broke it. :) Best of Wishes to her and your family.

[mdlbear]

:) Hopefully they've fixed it by now.

Thanks for the good wishes.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

I should think that if even the doctors are optimistic, that would be very encouraging. (May I ask what makes you think/feel otherwise?)

[mdlbear]

It's because progress has been disappointingly slow, and I can't help thinking of the disastrous possibility of her not recovering.

And because I can't help wondering whether the doctors are telling us everything. They certainly haven't told me the odds.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

I think there probably aren't any "odds" for something like this - just a normal human variation in how long it takes a given patient to recover function. (And that variation can be pretty variable. On the one hand, I had a great-aunt who had relatively minor surgery (not involving her back or legs at all), but was disinclined to exercise or get out of bed afterwards, and wound up needing a walker for the rest of her life. On the other, there's NJ governor John Corzine, whose legs were seriously mangled in a car accident when he neglected to wear his seat belt; he was told he'd be bedridden for months while it all healed up, but he was back on his feet (on crutches) in a couple of weeks, and fully recovered in less than a year.)

The bottom line is, Colleen will recover, but it's hard to predict exactly when.

[mdlbear]

All I really needed at that point was some assurance that she really would recover, and I wasn't getting it.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

A lot of doctors don't like to give simple yes-or-no answers, in case anything goes wrong - even when nothing can go wrong.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

P.S. - Happy Birthday!

[mdlbear]

Thanks.

[acelightning.livejournal.com]

You're very welcome - and may you have many more!