Home, Finally Home!

Daniel was released from the hospital today, but he's not exactly released without controls. First, the neurosurgeon released him with two conditions: first, an ongoing decodron (steroid) prescription; and second, no physical therapy or occupational therapy for the next week. The neurosurgeon will remove the staples and stitches next Tuesday and, hopefully, release Daniel for normal PT and OT. In the meantime, he doesn't want any stress on the incision site. Since we ended up with a staph infection the last time, this is probably a wise control, but Daniel is chafing at the bit to get going.

In addition, the infectious diseases doctor (Dr. Zia) has prescribed 4-6 weeks of antibiotics for Daniel. We've got an appointment for 11:30 tomorrow for his nurse to show us how to administer the IV's. He has a PICC in his arm which we tap into, but 3 times per day we have to flush the line with saline solution, add the bag of antibiotic solution, then flush the line again. The nurse will show us how to do it tomorrow. 

Daniel is jumping into his classes, reading what he can online and burying himself in his books. It's pretty cool - while he was still in the hospital he had two of his profs visit him and lots of his fellow students. As always, Daniel has made lots of friends, and everybody loves him. 

It's good to have everybody home again, especially Daniel. Carl called last week and he's going to be moving back in for a short term. It's always good, and it's wonderful to have him back.