On Monday and Tuesday, Frank continued to see a speech therapist in the hospital and talk to various doctors. His blood pressure was still a little unstable, but generally is hanging around 180. He has a slight case of pneumonia, and is taking antibiotics for it. Hopefully he knocks that out of his system soon.
On Monday he spoke with an Endocrinologist about the tumor on his adrenal gland. They are now talking about removing it. Although it’s not the main source for high blood pressure, if it’s removable, they would prefer to do surgery to remove it. Tuesday morning they drew blood to run tests on it. As of right now it looks like they will be removing it in a month or two. We have not heard back on the blood test results (nor am I 100% sure what they are exactly searching for with that blood test – I did not speak to the doctor personally).
Last night, Tuesday, Frank was finally discharged from the hospital! He is now at Marianjoy Rehabilitation Center in Wheaton, IL. He will be there for inpatient care, and will eventually move to outpatient care where he will go about 4 days a week during the day for his therapy. However, at this time they do not know when that switch will occur. We hope he will only stay the night a few nights, since he is anxious to get home, but we really don’t know.
The doctor that examined him last night did notice that although physically he’s in a really good spot compared to the majority of stroke patients, he is seeing some disconnects with the right side of his body. He is also seeing a nerve problem with his eyes. Therefore, they will do therapy not only for his memory/mind, but for his body as well. They want to be 100% sure that he’s able to move steadily.
Today, Wednesday, Frank said he had some good therapy and once again, the staff is happy where he is at already. They are saying they project him to switch to the outpatient therapy on Tuesday. Also on Tuesday, the eye doctor will come in to help with his eyesight.
We will have to see how these first few days goes as the therapists at Marianjoy make their assessments and figure out exactly what Frank can and cannot do right now. I will update once they provide any sound assessment and when the results of the blood test from Monday come back.
For those of you who are in the area and would like to visit him, his room number is 2216, and visiting hours are 9am – 8pm. He has therapy throughout the day, so you should probably call him before coming. His room phone # is 630-909-8216.
Please pray that he will get rid of the pneumonia quickly, and that he will be switched to outpatient care no later than Tuesday!
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