Progress! Out of the hospital and now at Brookstone

Dad has been moved to Brookstone Meadows (www.brookestonemeadows.com) in Elkhorn -- a nice change of scenery and activity after two and a half weeks at Methodist. He's in room #2011, and is getting settled. I'm sure he'd LOVE to get visitors to come hang out in the common areas, etc, when he's not getting therapy. We'll know more about his schedule over the next day or two, but he's officially out of the hospital. Whew.

A few updates:

• Dad is fully on steroids in pill-form now; no more IV steroids. Seems to be tolerating that well.
• His PICC line will be in place for another week or two in case they need a quick line or need to access to draw labs, etc.
• He's continuing on the Lovenox (tolerating that well also), and may get back up to Coumadin at some point in the future for blood thinners.
• All labs from the weekend were normal - no outliers to cause any alarm
• Dad will get another MRI in about three weeks to check progress on the hematoma as well as the necrosis.

The oncologist thought that we should know in about a month on how Dad's recovery will be longer term. He's lost a lot of muscle mass and strength, but now feel he's going to make a big step forward with some focused rehab specialists helping him. If nothing else, getting out of the hospital and into "daytime clothes" as the Grandkids call them should help him feel better.