Valentine's Day Update

My parents visited Mee Maw last night at the rehab center in Huntsville. They said she was in good spirits and feeling rather well. Dad said that she had even volunteered to play the piano at the Sunday church service that was held for the patients! That's an encouraging sign!

The doctors have changed their minds and have declared that she will be released on Friday, February 17th. They have told the family that they think it best that she be placed in an assisted-living facility, or at least temporarily in a place where she can continue the therapy.

This afternoon, the 3 sons that live here (James, Ernest, and Ralph) and their spouses met with the director of the Morningside facility here in Decatur. For those of you familiar with this city, it is located near the Point Mallard Golf Course. Dad told me that he was very impressed with the facility and with the personnel that he saw there. Mee Maw would have a room to herself, furnished with her own bed and some of her own furniture from the house. She would be undergoing regular therapy, but she would not be under total supervision as at a nursing home. There are many different activities available for residents, some of which she would definitely be able to participate in if she wishes. For example, tonight is a candle-light Valentine's Day dinner. Family members can purchase meal tickets and join the resident in the meal.

All in all, this sounds like the best thing for her at the moment. The brothers have agreed that they will move her in there when she is released on Friday for at least one month to see how it goes. The only other alternative is to find someone (or multiple someones) who would be available and willing to stay with her around the clock in her house to help her out. We will see how it goes.