Unanticipated flurry of activity

Just walked into the hospital after having had a tour of Brookstone in Elkhorn (a skilled facility to help rehab patients to get them back to where they need to be). All of this was triggered by some unplanned talk from the hospital late this morning on about how Dad did not meet the criteria for in-patient rehab and would need to be discharged to another facility until he is strong enough to get through in-patient rehab.

Well, that was all news to us. First of all, Dad in the mornings is not good at all. I think they did the evaluation quite early this morning, and in all honesty, I'm not sure I would qualify if put throught the tests at that hour. Anyway, so it was recommended we look into Brookstone (out by Mom and Dad's house), so I buzzed over there to get the full tour and talk with the staff there on some of the question around what they would do there, as well as more information around the costs and what insurance will cover.

All I can say is this: if you can get good long-term care insurance, get it. Yikes. It's expensive without it.

Anyway, now back at the hospital. They're in the room with Dad now, so Mom and Grandma and I stepped out to the family room. Had a good chat with Jack Kirkwood (ran into him on the way into the hospital), and now waiting for the room to open back up. May be as early as tomorrow that Dad gets discharged. For those that know me at all, you realize I like my expectations managed. Well, the expectation that Dad would get out tomorrow was not set. . .ugh. So we're all running around trying to get some loose ends wrapped up in preparation for the possible move.

I'm hoping that they will re-evaluate Dad for in-patient rehab yet this afternoon thinking that he could qualify. If not, though, we've got the plates spinning in a couple of other areas just in case.

Oh, and it's STILL raining. Kind of a gross day here - been storming/raining since early this morning.