Jeff Doyle Family on Christmas

Here is a shot of Caroline, Jeff and Heather outside St. Patrick's on Christmas Day. One happy family.

Mom Home From Regency Place

Here is a shot of Mom home from Regency Place Rehab Center. Note her Rolator walker. Pretty fancy, huh?? The rate she is going in PT and OT, she probably won't need it too much longer.

I stayed with her the first 8 days home, now Phyllis is with her for a week. The nurse comes 3 times a week, PT and OT 3 times a week for first week or so.

She still has an open wound from her graft site that we are debriding and redressing
every day.

We are monitoring her heart rate (which has been extremely low (40's and 50's) and making adjustments to her heart and blood pressure meds as we keep in touch with the Cardiologist's office. We are also monitoring her weight on a daily basis because of the high dose of Lasix (water pill) she was on. We've got it down to 40 mg from 160 mg daily, and we've cut back on her Potassium as we have decreased her Lasix. We are in frequent contact with the Nephrologist in this regard. Phyllis is reporting vital signs and weight every day, so I can monitor it and get in touch with the doctors as needed.

She is doing more every day. This photo was taken on one of the two days in 6 weeks where she stayed in pj's and robe due to overdoing it the previous two days with Dr. visit, discharge home, and Christmas.