Dad Moves Back to Maunalani

Good News! When Dr. Schwab came in for rounds this morning he told us Dad has been fever-free for long enough that he was being discharged today! We had about 2 hours notice. Flo helped us set up the gurney transportation back to Maunalani; she also called Maunalani. I got a call later from Todd who does intake interviews for Maunalani; everything was set up when we arrived. They also found the other Purple seat cushion! Dad is in the same room he was in before, with the same roommates. The big change is that Dad's antibiotic is now Daptomycin and it has helped his white blood cell count go down.

Before we found out Dad was being discharged, Jennifer the occupational therapist came to work with Dad. She said he was actually helping with the exercises, she wasn't just moving his limbs for him.

Jennifer does assisted active range of motion exercises with Dad.

Traffic was the opposite of yesterday; I made it to Kaiser in 20 minutes! Turns out Good Friday is a holiday in Hawai'i. When I got there Dad was asleep. On the way back I got a look at the bridge that was the cause of the back up yesterday. The missing section of railing in the lower bridge is the area damaged by the equipment; the concrete and railing parts fell on to the freeway below. Apparently several cars were hit but no one was injured. Apparently 2 of the cars hit were carrying foreign visitors who have asked to remain anonymous. Apparently the State will be billing the company that the equipment belonged to for the clean-up, bridge repairs, and car repairs.

Happy Birthday to Bob, Marisa, & Delaney!